Apple: Here comes the Mac App Store. If the iPod has been called "the leverage" to lift sales of Macs in the 90s we can say that so is the App Store for the iPhone + Computer in recent years.
The "market" Applications of so many dear to us Apple users are copied from Nokia, RIM and handset manufacturers who choose Android OS.
Today Apple opened the doors of the Mac App Store, an online store software for Mac OS X that works just like the App Store in iTunes, you can visit the vast catalog of tabs, you download the app with the same account used in iTunes and is updated automatically every time you open the market (you read right! Just click to see at once all the updates).
Mac Store Welcome!
Let's see how it works.
First install the update to Mac OS X version 10.6.6 now distributed by Apple through Software Update.
Apple has chosen to incorporate Mac App Store in the System rather than creating a dedicated software.
This is for two reasons: first, to encourage their users to use the latest version of the system, the second not to embarrass the new / novice users who otherwise would go to the search for who knows how many sites without success. ..
After restarting the Mac icon appears in the dock and just click on this to open the store:
The layout is almost identical to that of the App in iTunes.
note that my Apple software (currently the only ones who are in the catalog from 1000 lists, which do not use any) are already marked as "installed":
Another feature in Common App Store when you visit it from your computer or iPhone / iPad.
The Mac App Store is divided into categories:
Let's Games:
Lego Harry Potter has recently been adapted for the iPhone, and comes at a price lower than anywhere shop.
In fact, most software is cheaper here: no cost of printing CD / DVD, packaging or distribution ... All for the benefit of consumers.
enough to have an ADSL line and the download is done in a flash.
In the category useful to point SMS, a program that allows you to write a message from your Mac and transfer it to an iPhone connected to the same local area network wi-fi to be sent via GSM to the recipient.
SMS Mac App Store is free but requires a translator on the iPhone by, for sale on the App Store.
perform a download test, for example with one of
software "necessary" contained in my package ;-) downloadable gift to my MobileMe page : StuffIt Expander, a program that decompresses. zip,. rar, .7 z and other formats. Smith Micro
that produces it has released version 15.x
The first time you download a program you will be prompted to enter your access to the iTunes Store:
The page will bring back the Mac App Store downloads in progress:
The software will appear in the Dock.
The graphics are identical to that of the iPhone App.
Apple has taken the first steps in the convergence between Mac OS X and Ios (the System for iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad): next summer will be released Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) and the two systems will be even more similar.
When the download icon in the Dock StuffIt will jump to indicate the successful installation of the software.
StuffIt is downloaded and opened 15.x:
In the new version, you can choose to open all compressed formats with this or other software.
Mac App Store today comes a revolutionary new tool for Apple's digital lifestyle each of us.
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