App store on Mac

splashthecash

Is there an actual release date for the app store on mac? i cant wait for this - 'tis gonna be class

aidan_walsh

Last date we heard was 90 days from the October event, so thats just in time for any possible January event

ciarraioch1

maclife is saying the 13th!

acous

A dev I know says the current seed of the mac store is highly unstable and thinks an opening on the 13th is very unlikely.

Mr_Magpie

i'm not sure how good this will actually be. one of the best things about the app store is the price and ease of everything but they don't quite translate to os x so easily. the software isn't going to become cheaper, not that it should, but that will remove the spontaneous nature of the ios app store where it doesn't really matter buying out a software that costs .99c and finding that you only use it a handful of times. i don't think that'll translate to a mac app store. and there won't be any betas or demos.

maybe it will be great but i'm not convinced yet.

oneofakind32

It's definitly gonna simplify things for casual users. I am worried that eventually we wont be able to download and install software in the traditional way. Stuff that Apple arnt keen on like Bit Torrent Clients wont be available

Sad Professor

I'm looking forward to this. I don't think it's going to have a big impact on big, popular applications like Photoshop, Office, etc, which people will probably continue to get the traditional way. The big guys won't like handing over 30 percent to Apple and will probably charge more for the App Store version. But for small developers, who don't have a website and don't fancy the hassle and cost of setting one up, this is going to be a great outlet.

aidan_walsh

oneofakind32 wrote: »

It's definitly gonna simplify things for casual users. I am worried that eventually we wont be able to download and install software in the traditional way. Stuff that Apple arnt keen on like Bit Torrent Clients wont be available

I don't see that happening, to be honest.

brav

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/12/16macappstore.html

Apple’s Mac App Store to Open on January 6

CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2010—Apple® today announced that the Mac® App Store℠ will open for business on Thursday, January 6. By bringing the revolutionary App Store experience to Mac OS® X, the Mac App Store makes discovering, installing and updating Mac apps easier than ever. The Mac App Store will be available in 90 countries at launch and will feature paid and free apps in categories like Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity and Utilities.

“The App Store revolutionized mobile apps,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun. We can’t wait to get started on January 6.”

The Mac App Store lets you browse new and noteworthy apps, find out what’s hot, view staff favorites, search categories and read customer ratings and reviews. Like on iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad™, you can purchase, download and install apps in just one click and start using them immediately. Purchased apps can run on all of your personal Macs and updates are delivered directly through the Mac App Store so it’s easy to keep all of your apps up to date. The Mac App Store is available to Mac OS X Snow Leopard® users as a free download through Software Update.

Mac developers set the price for their apps, keep 70 percent of the sales revenue, are not charged for free apps and do not have to pay hosting, marketing or credit card fees. To find out more about developing for the Mac App Store visit developer.apple.com/programs/mac.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

whippet

I don't see established vendors giving away 30% of their revenue to apple.

Sad Professor

whippet wrote: »

I don't see established vendors giving away 30% of their revenue to apple.

They certainly won't like it, but I actually don't think the 30 percent will be a big issue. They can just bump the Mac Store price, pushing people to their website instead. I think a bigger issue for those developers will be Apple's terms and conditions which will require them to clean up their poorly ported apps.

And as for the smaller developers, that's 30 percent that they would have been spending on hosting, marketing and credit card fees anyway.

adox

This is now live.