![]() That is not a good way to do business, and even if it were a solid app, it's hard to support these practices. But actually MacUpdater needs constant intensive maintenance each and every day. Even if this was the case, our pricing would be more than attractive. ![]() ![]() So people who just go to the website to buy pay $89 (or $69 when they get a deal of the day), but when they pay from the nag screen, they only pay $56. There is the common idea that MacUpdater is a care-free product and we don't have to perform any maintenance to keep it working. Even when trying to close the nag screen by pressing the little X in the corner, the X turns into "Don't leave yet, get your personal discount", which opens the website and gives you even more discount than their "Deal of the day" which is shown after you download the trial. This is clearly done to play on the insecurities of the less-than-tech-savvy users, who might believe that their machine is now in a worse state than before they ran the app, and need to pay now to get a clean system. Pay 9.99 to unlock the ability to update additional apps. It’s a free download and is available exclusively through the CoreCode website ( You can scan for updates for free and update up to 10 apps for free. Especially with an app that is supposed to clean your system, it's really messed up to run an activity only partially, and then ask for money. MacUpdater 1.5 requires macOS 10.3 or higher. While it's OK to provide only limited functionality in a trial version, the appsshould be upfront about what the limitation is. The free version lets you scan for updates, while a 14.99 personal (up to 4 Macs) or 34.99 household license (up to 7 Macs) provides full update. Sneaky about trial limitation and prices Trial version only cleans 500 MB, but it does not disclose that limit before one pushes the button to clean after a scan. MacUpdater requires macOS 10.4 Mojave or later.
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