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Popular ‘Untitled Goose Game’ for macOS rejected twice by Apple’s Mac App Store

Filipe Espósito Mar 6 2023 - 6:16 pm PT

Popular 'Untitled Goose Game' for macOS rejected twice by Apple's Mac App Store

Apple has been putting some efforts recently to show that the company cares about games, especially when it comes to the Mac. However, the company’s real-life practices show that a lot of things still need to change if it really wants to make the Mac a gaming platform. On Monday, Panic cofounder Cabel Sasser revealed that the popular “Untitled Goose Game” has been rejected twice by Apple’s Mac App Store.

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Rogue Amoeba pulls Fission editor from the Mac App Store over Apple’s lack of improvements

Chance Miller Sep 2 2021 - 1:18 pm PT

The folks at Rogue Amoeba have announced a new version of their popular Fission audio editor today, and with this update, they are also removing the app from the Mac App Store. In a blog post, Rogue Amoeba’s Paul Kafasis explained that the decision comes as the Mac App Store has seen “scant few changes” and “remains beset with issues.”

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Research shows developers are becoming less interested in the Mac App Store

Filipe Espósito Aug 31 2021 - 3:52 pm PT

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The Mac App Store is not as old as the iOS App Store, but it has been around for a long time — since 2010, to be specific. However, while the iOS App Store has become a huge success, new research shows that developers are becoming less interested in releasing new apps on the Mac App Store.

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Octane X launches on Mac App Store bringing fast spectral GPU rendering to 3D artists on macOS

Jeff Benjamin Mar 9 2021 - 8:28 am PT

It’s a big moment for 3D graphic artists who prefer Macs, as OTOY’s Octane X has publicly launched natively on the Mac, bringing unbiased rendering to all Macs that are capable of running macOS Big Sur. Octane X features full pixel parity with OctaneRender 2020, and later, bringing state of the art cinematic rendering natively to macOS for the very first time.

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[Update: Now available globally in App Store] Facebook kicks off long-awaited Messenger for Mac rollout

Zac Hall Apr 2 2020 - 7:10 am PT

Better late than never, right? Facebook is starting to ship its dedicated Messenger for macOS app through the Mac App Store. The desktop messaging software was first spotted last April in a leaked announcement that included a preview.

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Apple rejecting Electron apps from Mac App Store due to private API usage

Benjamin Mayo Nov 4 2019 - 2:52 am PT

On iOS, all apps must go through the App Store. On macOS, the Mac App Store is just one method of distribution and developers are free to publish their apps independently on their own website. This means app rejection policies on macOS are not as painful as with iPhone or iPad, but they are nevertheless significant.

Developers are reporting that apps made using Electron (which is a framework that allows companies to ship web apps in a native app wrapper) are now being rejected by the automated Mac App Store review process.

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Adobe brings pro Lightroom photo editor to the Mac App Store with free trial and subscriptions

Zac Hall Jun 20 2019 - 6:22 am PT

Adobe Lightroom users now have a new way to subscribe to and install the pro software: Apple’s Mac App Store. Apple named Lightroom among the apps that were set to launch or return on the redesigned Mac App Store on macOS Mojave last summer at WWDC 2018, and today Adobe has fulfilled that promise.

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Apple system status notes outages for App Store, Mac App Store, Apple Music

Ben Lovejoy Jun 4 2019 - 6:28 am PT

Apple system status shows major outages

The Apple system status page is showing major outages for the App Store, Mac App Store, Apple Music and Radio.

While the key merely says ‘outage’ for the red triangles, this symbol is almost never seen on the page …

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PSA: Mac App Store facing issues for many users [U]

Michael Potuck May 2 2019 - 10:39 am PT

The Mac App Store is having trouble today properly displaying content. The main featured Discover tab and more are showing up as almost mostly pages.

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BBEdit makes promised return to the new Mac App Store, 30-day free trial and new subscription pricing

Zac Hall Apr 4 2019 - 8:12 am PT

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BBEdit from Bare Bones Software has officially returned to the Mac App Store. Apple first teased out that the HTML and text editor software would join the new Mac App Store last summer as part of macOS Mojave’s reveal.

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BBEdit 12.6 now sandboxed on macOS ahead of Mac App Store return

Zac Hall Feb 25 2019 - 9:07 am PT

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Bare Bones Software has released a big update to BBEdit, the HTML and text editor for the Mac. Starting with today’s version 12.6 release, BBEdit is now a sandboxed app. The security update makes BBEdit one step closer to returning to the Mac App Store.

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Microsoft Office launch on Mac App Store imminent, subscription required [U: Now available]

Zac Hall Jan 24 2019 - 7:40 am PT

Update: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook are now live on the Mac App Store.

Microsoft Office appears to finally be headed for the Mac App Store as soon as this week, based on a couple of clues. Apple first announced that Microsoft would bring Word, PowerPoint, and Excel to the Mac App Store back in June 2018 as part of its Worldwide Developer Conference.

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TweetDeck for Mac updated with support for Dark Mode, rebuilt to help ‘fix many crashes’

Peter Cao Jan 15 2019 - 11:43 am PT

While the official Twitter app for Mac is gone, the company is still actively developing its TweetDeck client for the platform and the Mac app is getting an update today with a handful of new features and bug fixes. Headlining the release is support for macOS Mojave’s Dark Mode, meaning the app will now match the rest of the operating system when in Dark Mode.

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Apple now supports app analytics for developers on the Mac App Store

Peter Cao Dec 13 2018 - 1:20 pm PT

With the introduction of the revamped Mac App Store on macOS Mojave, Apple had to remove some features along the way. Today, the company is adding app analytics for Mac App Store applications in App Store Connect.

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Fortnite developer planning to launch online game store soon on Mac, rivaling the Mac App Store and Steam

Peter Cao Dec 4 2018 - 9:27 am PT

Epic, which is known for making the ever-popular Fortnite online game has today announced that it is launching its own Epic Games store on Mac and PC, soon.

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Panic’s Transmit FTP client returns on the Mac App Store following WWDC announcement

Peter Cao Nov 15 2018 - 11:12 am PT

Announced at WWDC, popular FTP client Transmit is today returning to the Mac App Store.

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Apple outlines how developers can prepare for iOS 12, macOS Mojave & iPhone Xs/XR

Peter Cao Sep 12 2018 - 3:43 pm PT

In an update on the developer portal today, Apple has started encouraging developers to update their apps for the new iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max, and iPhone XR. The company is also pushing Mac developers to submit their apps to the all-new App Store coming with macOS Mojave, and to the iOS App Store with iOS 12 features.

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Apple now explicitly bans background cryptocurrency mining in apps

Ben Lovejoy Jun 12 2018 - 3:59 am PT

Back in March, app developer Qbix thought it had hit on a great new way to make money from its Calendar 2 app for the Mac. Instead of charging users, or including intrusive ads, it offered users access to pro features in return for allowing cryptocurrency mining in the background.

Apple quickly put a stop to that, and has now updated its app guidelines to explicitly ban background currency mining …

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Leak suggests Mac App Store to get iOS 11-style redesign in macOS 10.14

Chance Miller May 24 2018 - 6:35 pm PT

With iOS 11 last year, Apple introduced a completely redesigned App Store with a heavy focus on human curation. The redesign has purportedly had a dramatic affect on app discovery and download numbers, and now Apple could be planning to give the Mac App Store a similar treatment…

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Markdown-friendly Deckset presentation app latest to leave Mac App Store

Zac Hall Mar 7 2018 - 8:47 am PT

Deckset is the latest macOS app to join the growing list of software that has outgrown the stagnant Mac App Store. Citing a lack of flexible pricing options, Deckset is leaving the Mac App Store as it launches version 2.0.

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Twitter puts deadline on Mac application, will drop support in 30 days

Peter Cao Feb 16 2018 - 3:27 pm PT

Today Twitter has announced that it will be killing its Mac application in favor of a web client. The social media giant tweeted on its platform today that the app has thirty days to live, and that it will no longer be supported beyond that.

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Winners of the 2017 Apple Design Awards have been announced

Jeff Benjamin Jun 7 2017 - 12:58 pm PT

This year’s Apple Design Award winners have been announced. The awards, which have now occurred in some form for over 20 years, are announced each year at WWDC.

Past winners have included such excellent releases as Affinity Designer, Ulysses, and Monument Valley. This year’s awards, which include titles featured on iOS, watchOS, and macOS, continue the tradition of excellence.
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Friday 5: Awesome paid Mac App Store apps [Video]

Jeff Benjamin Apr 21 2017 - 9:48 am PT

On this week’s edition of Friday 5, we explore several additional paid Mac App Store apps that I use on a regular basis. Apps include titles like Bumpr, which lets you choose the browser that links are opened in, along with Affinity Designer, a remarkably deep vector illustration app that can be had for an outstanding price.

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Logic Pro X updated with improved sharing with GarageBand for iOS, bug fixes

Zac Hall Feb 21 2017 - 11:05 am PT

Apple has released Logic Pro X version 10.3.1 on the Mac App Store. The new update includes a few bug fixes as well as improved sharing with GarageBand for iOS. Full release notes below:

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