Critical Updates Changelog

What's new in Critical Updates 1.60

Jun 24, 2018
  • Improved: Replaced some old code that could trigger an authorization request when running on versions of macOS greater than 10.13.

New in Critical Updates 1.59 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • New: View menu > XProtect (Cmd-X) opens a window that details the items blocked by XProtect.
  • New: An alert is presented when items are added or removed from XProtect. New items are marked in the XProtect window (available from the View menu or via the keyboard shortcut Cmd-X).

New in Critical Updates 1.58 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • Improved: code-signing requirements are now checked on every launch to harden the app against the possibility of post-Gatekeeper hijacking.

New in Critical Updates 1.57 (Oct 28, 2017)

  • New: Data from any connected bootable disk can now be displayed via the new popup menu.
  • New: Added preferences to control how and when CU.app checks for its own updates.

New in Critical Updates 1.56 (May 3, 2017)

  • New: The table data can now be copied to the clipboard. Use a Secondary Click to reveal the contextual menu 'Copy to Clipboard'.
  • New: Supporters can now donate directly via the Application menu: Critical Updates > Donate... menu item, which opens a Paypal payment page in the default browser.

New in Critical Updates 1.55 (Feb 24, 2017)

  • Bug fix: addressed a bug which prevented component version numbers updating until relaunch
  • Improved: some under the hood code optimization

New in Critical Updates 1.54 (Feb 9, 2017)

  • New: the 'Version' column now shows Version number, Build number and Software Update Version number (where available)
  • Bug fix: fixed a bug which prevented the 'Reveal in Finder' function working properly

New in Critical Updates 1.53 (Jan 22, 2017)

  • Bug fix: fixed a bug which prevented the 'Updated' column from sorting correctly.

New in Critical Updates 1.52 (Jan 19, 2017)

  • Improved: Table columns can now be sorted and ordered

New in Critical Updates 1.51 (Dec 8, 2016)

  • Bug fix: altered the table refresh timing to ensure Version number changes are correctly updated without a restart
  • New: the table data can now be reloaded manually from the View menu or by the keyboard shortcut Command-R
  • Improved: made the App Store Update Preferences information clearer and easier to read

New in Critical Updates 1.5 (Nov 25, 2016)

  • Bug fix: corrected a display error