site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: installer-dev@lists.apple.com On Mar 14, 2007, at 8:41 AM, Sergey wrote: Is there some another software, which i could use for this task: install, activate by serial and update when needed my program on Windows and Mac? May be it is possible to use different products for creating installator, activation, update on Windows and Mac? http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14516 http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org/ -- Karl Kuehn larkost@softhome.net _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Installer-dev mailing list (Installer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/installer-dev/site_archiver%40lists.a... I meant to reply to this last week... but you know how things go. I don't have a good answer for you on the serial/activation side of things, but as to the other parts: Apple includes a pretty good installer right of the bat, but I think that the freeware IceBerg makes life a little easier. Using the .pkg (as opposed to VISE) format allows for a number of nice features for system administrators. And you get extra bonus points if you can make an app that is drag-and-drop (should not be difficult for most applications). Here is a link to the MacUpdate page for it (this is also encouragement to list on that site and VersionTracker.com): And for auto-updating your software, as long as you have a Cocoa application (there is a Carbon version as well), then you can use the free framework that has become rather popular on the Mac side for that: This email sent to site_archiver@lists.apple.com