macupdate.com
MacUpdate | Download Best Mac Software | 30,000+ Free Apps
Last scanned Jul 26, 2026, 5:17 AM · 1 view
Overall score
Great
Summary
Download, install and review the best Mac apps. This website uses Next.js hosted on AWS behind CloudFront CDN. SEO is good (85/100) and accessibility is excellent (90/100). Security scores fair (65/100) and performance good (85/100). Top issue: No H1 heading found.
MacUpdate
Download, install and review the best Mac apps.
- United States
- Hosted on AWS
Top issues to fix
6 issues found · 3 high priority
Missing Strict-Transport-Security header
SecurityAdd HSTS so browsers always use HTTPS — this closes the protocol-downgrade attack window.
Missing Content-Security-Policy header
SecurityAdd a CSP to control which sources can run scripts — the strongest single defense against XSS.
No H1 heading found
SEOAdd exactly one H1 describing the page's main topic — it anchors the document outline for search engines and screen readers.
Missing X-Content-Type-Options header
SecurityAdd X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff to stop MIME-sniffing attacks.
Missing X-Frame-Options header
SecurityAdd X-Frame-Options (or a CSP frame-ancestors rule) to prevent clickjacking via hidden iframes.
sitemap.xml not found
SEOPublish an XML sitemap and reference it from robots.txt to speed up page discovery.
SEO
2 issue(s) found
Performance
918 ms
Security
HTTPS & header checks
Accessibility
1 issue(s) found
Organization
Company details published in this site's own structured data.
MacUpdate
Download, install and review the best Mac apps.
- Founded
- Apr 30, 1997
Contact
Email, phone, and address published on this site's own pages.
Meta tags
- Title
- MacUpdate | Download Best Mac Software | 30,000+ Free Apps
- Description
- First launched back in 1997 - MacUpdate is the most popular and complete Mac software directory. Download and read reviews of the best apps for your Mac.
- Canonical
- https://www.macupdate.com
- Language
- en
- Charset
- utf-8
- Viewport
- initial-scale=1.0, width=device-width
- Robots meta
- index, follow
- Manifest
Technologies
Detected frameworks, languages, and tools.
Hosting & CDN
- Hosting provider
- AWS
- CDN provider
- CloudFront
- IP address
- 108.159.28.44
- ASN
- AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US)
DNS records
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| A |
|
| AAAA | — |
| MX | — |
| TXT | — |
| NS | — |
| CAA | — |
| CNAME | — |
| IPv6 support | No |
TLS / SSL certificate
- Version
- TLS 1.3
- Issuer
- Amazon
- Subject
- macupdate.com
- Valid from
- Jul 15, 2026
- Valid to
- Jan 28, 2027
- Days until expiry
- 186
- SAN domains
- macupdate.com, *.macupdate.com
Security headers
- Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing
- Content-Security-PolicyMissing
- X-Frame-OptionsMissing
- X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing
- Referrer-PolicyMissing
- Permissions-PolicyMissing
Compression: gzip · 0 cookie(s) observed
Content & assets
Headings
H1 0 · H2 8 · H3 15
Links
15 internal · 225 external · 0 broken
Images
43 total · 0 missing alt
Scripts / Styles
22 scripts · 1 stylesheets
JS / CSS size
1.7 MB · 296 KB
Page size
272 KB
Robots.txt & Sitemap
- robots.txt
- Found
- Disallow rules
- 40
- sitemap.xml
- Not found
- URLs in sitemap
- 0
SEO issues
- No H1 heading found
- sitemap.xml not found
Accessibility issues
- No H1 heading found
Scan details
- Requested URL
- https://macupdate.com
- Final URL
- https://www.macupdate.com:443/
- HTTP status
- 200
- HTTP version
- HTTP/2
- Response time
- 913 ms
- HTML size
- 272 KB
- Redirect chain
- https://macupdate.com → https://www.macupdate.com:443/
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Frequently asked questions
- What technology does macupdate.com use?
- macupdate.com is built with Next.js.
- Is macupdate.com secure (HTTPS)?
- Yes. macupdate.com uses TLS 1.3 with a certificate issued by Amazon, valid until Jan 28, 2027.
- Who hosts macupdate.com?
- macupdate.com is hosted on AWS, behind CloudFront CDN.
- What is macupdate.com's SEO score?
- macupdate.com scored 85/100 for SEO in the latest analysis (great).
- What is macupdate.com's overall website score?
- macupdate.com has an overall SiteGraph score of 81/100, combining SEO, performance, security, and accessibility.
- What company operates macupdate.com?
- macupdate.com is operated by MacUpdate. Download, install and review the best Mac apps.
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