Category Archives: Widgets

Keep Your Applications Up To Date With The App Update Widget

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It’s been a slow Apple news week so I’m going through some of my blogging notes and ran across a cool widget I never got around to talking about. App Update is a free dashboard widget that will scan your application directory and let you know if your applications are up to date.

Just install the widget, click the Refresh button in the upper right hand corner and wait a few minutes. What comes back is a list of your applications with the current installed version and the latest released version according to up to three sources.

App Update has a few configurable options such as auto checking, specifying update sources, and growl notifications. The one downside about the widget is that it doesn’t return results for all applications. There doesn’t seem to be pattern for applications with no results. App Update didn’t return results for Microsoft Office 2008, which isn’t surprising. But App Update also didn’t return results for CSSEdit, which is a surprise. Overall, it’s a handy widget though.

Track Your Favorite Team With The MLB Schedule Widget

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If you equate spring with baseball, then I’m sure you’ve already watched your fair share of MLB action so far this season. I watch well over 100 games a year, but sometimes I have trouble keeping up with the different start times and which TV channel is showing the Braves play. One handy widget has helped to keep me up to date though.

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The MLB Schedule widget by Logan Rockmore Design is a great little widget I use to keep track of when and where my favorite MLB team plays. The widget has a number of customizations available.

Of course you can choose any MLB team to follow. In addition to choosing the team, you can choose the time zone, media (TV or XM), and the number of completed and future games (based on showing 5 total games). The widget is free, but donations are accepted. Anyone want to put their guess down on who’s going to win the NL East?