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Apple prepares Mac App Store makeover with Yosemite-style interface

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Mac App Store users browsing the software shop tonight are starting to notice a few aesthetic changes, as seen in the screenshots above and below. Like the recent iTunes Store facelift, the Mac App Store redesign features lighter fonts, a sparse white background, and thin gray separators.

The updated design is currently showing up every few minutes on the throughout the store, though it still shows the old design on many pages just as much as the new. The iTunes Store had a similar issue when it was updated last month, and once the rollout is complete the new design will be available to everyone. A few elements such as the “Update” button are also still using the old style.

More screenshots are below:

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Comments

  1. Just went to check this out, but the app store doesn’t have any available updates for me. Is this something that is for developers only?

    • Mike Beasley - 9 years ago

      This isn’t a software update. It shows up automatically. Everything in the Mac App Store comes from the web, so Apple can update it over-the-air without doing an actual OS X update.

  2. msqueenn - 9 years ago

    Not quite feeling it…

  3. Great, now the Mac iBooks Store please.

  4. Jack Smith - 9 years ago

    I’ve had this interface for ages? Whats new?

    • Mike Beasley - 9 years ago

      This is a brand new design that no one had before tonight. Everything is new except for the actual positioning of the elements. New font, new background, removal of the grid on lists of apps, etc etc

      • J.latham - 9 years ago

        I don’t know if I would call it a “brand new design” it’s really just an updated design to better match Yosemite. They are some pretty subtitle changes. Typography, separating lines, etc, etc :)

  5. Not showing up for me!

    • Mike Beasley - 9 years ago

      Still showing on and off for me. Looks like it’s going to take some time to fully roll out.

  6. Kevin (@kevinpilasky) - 9 years ago

    Not tasteful at all

  7. puri517 - 9 years ago

    Separated 1px lines are not skeuomorphism! Apple, put it back.

  8. charilaosmulder - 9 years ago

    Bummer, half assed. No translucency in the UI and when you bounce the page off the edge, there is still this gray background color instead of pure white. Safari is an example of how it should’ve been. Notice how scrolling beyond the edges of websites shows the background color of the given website instead of a standard gray color.

  9. Edison Wrzosek - 9 years ago

    Just checked the MAP, and the updated design now shows up for me. I’m actually liking it, very clean and spartan looking, but like charilaosmulder mentioned, it doesn’t look complete yet. Some of the true Yosemite-inspired transparencies are still missing.

    But still, nicely refreshed me thinks!

  10. irfan0922 - 9 years ago

    i dont understand why apple like small tiny fonts , what apple is trying to do …BS …. reading things hard on Mac ….

  11. Stevie Bee (@thebeeline) - 9 years ago

    Terrible on a non-retina display. Helvetica Neue somewhere between Light and Medium or whatever it is and kerned like that is so hard on the eyes at that size. Bigger is fine; Helvetica on the App Store is a pain to read. Please, Apple, use a typeface with generous apertures for all our eyes. There are plenty out there. Helvetica can’t do everything! And it doesn’t.