Update Engine: A Handy API for Adding “Check for Updates” Functionality to your OS X App

February 9, 2009

Icon: Google's Update Engine LogoIf you’re developing an OS X application or preference pane, you probably want to think about how you’re going to push out updates, bug fixes, etc. Google’s Mac shop released an open source library called “Update Engine” that you can use to add this functionality to your app.

From the Update Engine project site:

Update Engine is a flexible Mac OS X framework that can help developers keep their products up-to-date. It can update nearly any type of software, including Cocoa apps, screen savers, and preference panes. It can even update kernel extensions, regular files, and root-owned applications. Update Engine can even update multiple products just as easily as it can update one.

Clint Harris is an independent software consultant living in Brooklyn, New York. He can be contacted directly at ten.sirrahtnilc@tnilc.

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