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.
Mac App Store Stories April 2
Mac App Store Stories November 4, 2019
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.
Mac App Store Stories June 20, 2019
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.
Mac App Store Stories June 4, 2019
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 …
Mac App Store Stories May 2, 2019
PSA: Mac App Store facing issues for many users [U]
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.
Mac App Store Stories April 4, 2019
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.
