→ AppFresh Development Preview 5 Bugfix Release 4 (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)
Here we go with another bugfix release for Preview 5, before we’ll finally continue work on the next preview. Some of the changes are related to improvements at our backend of choice iusethis.com and really needed to be pushed public.
We already announced an advanced reporting feature when talking about Aliases. With Preview 5 Bugfix 4 it’s possible to report whatever you think we should know about an application, for example new versions or broken version detection. Search results of the iusethis auto-search feature will be reported automatically, so we can set up aliases at iusethis and reduce unknown state applications or false positives when searching. Please help improve AppFresh and iusethis.com by using this new and helpful feature.
The bugfix 4 release also adds support for Nano software update appcasts which differ from those used by Sparkle and osx.iusethis.com. By supporting Nano some applications listed as Unknown will finally work, such as YummyFTP.
Complete list of changes:
- Added more registered Apple applications (for example Safari and iWorks).
- Added better reporting for broken applications.
- Added support for Nano software update appcasts (used by YummyFTP, for example).
- Added iusethis registration to the setup wizard.
- Added detailed information about iusethis.com to the setup wizard.
- Added advanced support for aliased applications at iusethis.
- Added new main menu action to open the iusethis user profile.
- Improved main menu validation.
- Improved listing of Apple applications not registered in Software Update to be listed as Apple updates (XCode, Interface Builder).
- Fixed rescanning of applications after installing an update.
- Fixed compatibilty issues of Sparkle and iusethis appcasts.
- Fixed possible crash and loop in iusethis auto-search feature.
- Fixed setting of iusethis use counts.
- Fixed handling of applications without versions at iusethis.
- Fixed setting of iusethis attributes for Apple applications.
- Fixed http request settings of redirects.
September 24th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I’ve noticed a pattern where AppFresh uses the iusethis name “SomeApp 1.2.3″ instead of just “SomeApp”. Examples include Hula Girl 3.0, Resorceror 2.4, Solace 1 and TV Tracker 3.
I suppose there are some apps which genuinely have a iusethis name that includes a version number at the end. Perhaps you could try both with and without the version number, and fix all these apps in one step?
September 27th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
i just installed and tried appfresh! looks great and feels good to use.
when downloading fresh updates for the apps wouldn’t it be nice to download and extract them into a single folder with subfolder? atm my entire desktop is filled with folders
keep up the good work!
September 28th, 2007 at 9:45 am
Please, check out the preferences. You can specify a destination folder for your downloads. Hope thats what you meant.
September 28th, 2007 at 9:46 am
Thats a little more tricky, but we’ll have a look at it. We could probably set up aliases, but that only works for apps without different version branches set up at iusethis.
September 29th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
This version of AppFresh doesn’t seem to work on my IntelMini, only the Apple software is checked, but none of the other applications. I’ve removed all files and folders with appfresh in their name, and installed the application again, but to no avail…
October 9th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
Great app, except well this version has a very bad bug where it only seems to detect the Apple updates. Everything else is marked as unknown, and will never get updated.
Keep up the good work!
October 19th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Actual version (0.5.4) crashes every time on PPC G5 iMac (10.4.10), never finishes one full search (crash at #304 or so).
Deleted prefs and folder in ~/Application Support, no change…
October 20th, 2007 at 5:24 pm
Hi,
Current version (0.54 preview) did not work in my MBP after upgrading 10.4 to current 10.5 ADC build.
After removing ~/Library/Application Support/AppFresh/PersistentStore.sqlite it seems to be working OK. Just to inform you…
By the way, I think this is a great application you are releasing to the entire community, so if you feel there is something users can do to help on it, please let us know.
BTW, I’m specialized in testing… is there anywhere I can post bugs?
Regards,
Tedi
tedi dot roca at gmail dot com
October 20th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
Please send your log and a crash report. Might be an issue witg one of your installed apps.
October 30th, 2007 at 8:13 am
Hi,
the current version of AppFresh doesn’t do well on Leopard (official release). Upon launching it, it invariably quits.
The correct option is indeed suggested by poster Tedi above: delete the sqlite file in Application Support and start again.
October 31st, 2007 at 5:03 am
I had the same problem after installing 10.5 general release from the DVD. AppFresh would quit unexpectedly. After removing the referenced file, AppFresh started fine and checked my system and checked and updated status for all the apps. Thanks again for this app. Very nice!
Thanks Tedi for the tip.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:55 am
You can mail us at appfresh@metaquark.de – we’d be glad to hear your feedback.
November 9th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
reported crash in Leopard….via email. found this thread and tried removing plist file. no change…still crashes. sent crashlog via email….please contact me if more info is needed. happy to test interim builds