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Adobe Creative Cloud is another good example. There are quite a few apps that use the open-source Sparkle framework to handle one-click updates, too, including:

Itsycal

iTerm

Transmission

Cyberduck

Carbon Copy Cloner

VLC

Wine

Hex Fiend

ImageOptim

Bartender

BetterTouchTool

Geekbench

and these are just what I can think of off the top of my head. 

I hate to dig up an old thread, but rather than making a new one I thought it would be better to bring up discussion on this suggestion. Nearly seven years have passed, and it is very expected in 2020 for applications to just automatically update.

I too have a few older macs that don't get used often. It is wonderful that many applications will just auto-update these days. As useful as it is, I wish Alfred were one of them.

As for the update details, a little notice where the current "Update Available" tab is that says "See What's New" would be much nicer than through an installer, in my opinion. Maybe something a little more invasive if there is a breaking change.