Mac App Store

Apple's Get Stuff Done promo slashes prices on popular Mac App Store productivity apps

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Jan 25, 2013 a 2:21 pm

Apple has launched a three week promotional sale featuring popular productivity apps for Mac. Each week will feature a different kind of todo app to help you get things done. The first week runs from January 24th through January 31 and the category is "prioritize".

Popular productivity apps such as Clear, Things 2, 2Do, Due, and many more great apps that can help enhance your overall Mac workflow are on sale, sometimes even for as much as 50% off.

Here's a complete list of what's available and on sale in the Mac app store for this week -

Apple Configurator makes it easier to mass deploy and manage iPhone, iPad for business and education

By Allyson Kazmucha, Friday, Mar 9, 2012 a 4:01 pm

Apple has released a new Mac App Store app named Configurator which allows businesses and educational institutions to more easily and massively deploy and manage iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads.You can sync and manage up to 30 devices at a time including updating the OS, managing applications, profiles, backups, and more. Even if you have a large family with many iOS devices (or you work as a developer or blogger who has to test a ton of personal devices), Configurator can make your life a lot easier than iTunes ever did.

Apple introduces Developer ID to protect your app downloads outside the Mac App Store

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Feb 27, 2012 a 4:47 pm

Developer ID is the name Apple's giving their "trusted developer" system for deploying non Mac App Store apps to OS X.

How to install beta Mac App Store apps and provisioning profiles

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 a 1:51 am

Get in on a Mac App Store beta but not sure how to install the beta app? There are several apps that have iPhone and/or iPad versions as well as Mac versions these days, and if you're beta testing the iOS version, you might need to set up the Mac App Store version as well.

iBooks Author updated, includes newer, better EULA that clarifies content distribution

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Feb 3, 2012 a 6:28 pm

Shortly after Apple released iBooks Author for Mac, word started to circulate that content made within the app could only be sold in Apple’s iBookstore. Under their license agreement, confusion arose about whether authors could freely distribute their work elsewhere and if they'd be allowed to sell anything created in iBooks Author outside of the iBookstore.

Apple has now updated their EULA for iBooks Author to clarify this concern, specifically pointing out this only applies to .iBook formatted eBooks, and doesn't effect the content itself.

How to find your Mac UDID for Mac App store beta testing

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 a 10:24 pm

Trying to figure out just exactly how to find your Mac UDID so you can get in on an ad-hoc Mac App Store beta? Just like with iPhone and iPad, your Mac has a UDID (technically a Hardware UUID) that developers can use to send you app builds before they become publicly available. Luckily, it's easy to locate once you know where to look.

Apple posts iBooks Author instructional video

By Andrew Wray, Thursday, Jan 19, 2012 a 1:26 pm

Following up on the education event in New York, Apple has posted an instructional video for the new iBooks Author app available in the Mac App Store.

Apple releases Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor on Mac App Store

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jun 21, 2011 a 8:58 am

Not strictly iPhone or iPad news, but Apple today released a huge upgrade to their pro video editing tools with Final Cut Pro X, Motion, and Compressor, which will be available for $299, $49, and $49 respectively on the Mac App Store.

“Final Cut Pro X is the biggest advance in Pro video editing since the original Final Cut Pro,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We have shown it to many of the world’s best Pro editors, and their jaws have dropped.”

Apple releases Xcode 4... via Mac App Store

By Georgia, Wednesday, Mar 9, 2011 a 3:07 pm

Apple has released the final version of the all new Xcode 4 -- the go-to tool for iOS development -- and they've released it via the Mac App Store!

Here's the link to go grab it, and the massive feature list is after the break! Anyone trying it out yet? If so, what do you think? Going to make me some great apps with it?

[$4.99 - Mac App Store link]