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First-Day Mac App Store Downloads Top 1 Million
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Mine installed straight to the dock upon update/restart and also in the App folder. I removed it from the dock as I won't be searching for apps regularly and until I need something!
It's great news for developers! I'm still debating if I want to port over my game over, not sure if it would be worth it (works great on the go but not sure if people would care to play it on their mac). I was thinking of creating a puzzle editor so people could create their own puzzles and share them but the sales would have to match the time spent on that.... and I think i'd rather work on a new project...getting tired of Tangled
Mine was
It showed up right next to 'Finder' on the far left.
This whole App Store thing does lead me to believe that the Dock badly needs to have folders that work the same as iOS folders. I need to be able to drag two Dock icons together and have them create a Stack even if they're on the left side of the Dock and not the right. This needs to happen in 10.6.7 and NOT make us wait for Lion.
Well, I don't trust Apple anymore, and I think that it will eventually happen, in one way or the other. Maybe not this year, and maybe not with Lion, but somewhere down the road. And most of Apple's customers won't care or even notice, because everything is "so convenient and safe".
I do not have a single ad supported application on any of my macs. Of course, I stopped adding small widget-y type apps a long time ago due to the performance hit that they can have on the machine.
I don't think it will be a race to the bottom but I do think developers need to adjust their prices. They can maintain their prices and limit their sales but it opens the door for someone to come in under them. They've been given a platform on the Apple app store that is greater than a deal with Walmart for exposure and access. There is a 29.99 app for tracking your pets paperwork. Most of the apps I saw should be no more than 9.99-19.99 IMO.
As mentioned before by others: DRM was NOT hacked - if the developer does not verify the receipt it is a dump developer, not a smart hacker.
Some developers are just lazy and don't even implement the guidelines for receipt verification. But I am also tired of the claims 'how much more money one would make if all the pirated copies would be payed for' - 99.9% of people pirating an application wouldn't buy it anyway - don't think much (one a little bit) money is lost - but that's what they get for being lazy.
I really don't get this argument. What was with difficult with using Google and downloading an image file and dragging it to the Applications folder? Right. Nothing.
The only thing that the AppStore makes simple is spending money on downloads. I find it extremely cumbersome to find a good(!) app for a specific purpose in this mess of a database - ahem, store - and I cannot even try it before a purchase.
I doubt that amounts to $120 of costs, which is the difference in the store and online cost yesterday. Maybe $2-3 in cost when done at a large scale.
There would be really no benefit for Apple to that, and a lot of complications. Apple would have to have a special OS just for developers.
The whole point of iOS is that it IS the post-PC solution. If Apple thought post-PC devices should be PCs, they would have done this first, not create the iPad.
What you're afraid of is what the iPad is for. The model just doesn't work as a PC.
And while we are at it: I also want a free MacBook Air, 27'' iMac and a free Porsche and maybe some free apple shares for free.
... sick
I'm not so sure.
I downloaded 3 apps yesterday.
One was free.... yes
One was $.99.... promotional
One was...gasp...$14.99
I am also considering a $30 app and a $80 app. Yes they are discounted from the retail box or developer web outlets, but a portion of that is also store opening promotions.
There will always be the free or .99 "popcorn" apps that are more impulse buy.
But just because I picked up that .99 pack of gum while waiting in the checkout line at the grocery/liquor/whatever store, it doesn't mean I won't buy that nice steak for $15 or $20 or that bottle of scotch for $50 or $60.
I account for 8 of those. Could've been more if iwork 11 was out (and if my wallet allow it). I am kinda in a lull at what I would need. I had my macbook for almost 3 years, so I am well stocked up... Most everything I do now is on my ipad.
I think for most people, the real benefit to the store would be first time mac owners as there is still a misconception of people believing "you just can't find good (if any) software for the mac"
My interest is utilities I would need (like WannaAudio - great application, I get many requests for local musicians to extract music from a video, for use in other areas); and also for software that is on the ipad platform, that would make me able to sync a lot of my docs effortlessly (for example audio note - have it on the ipad, now it is on the mac. Great for when my battery goes dead on my livescribe pen [usually happens when going through seminars all day 8+ hrs]).
I still think it should recognize third party or older versions of software and tell you there is an upgrade / or free update available. I am sure some of my apps need it. Maybe give us a utility to upload the information about what apps we have and then store those as already purchased - with an indicator on the updates tab if one is available?
I 100% disagree.
Why?
Well because eventually Apple will sell 3 different Macs and a dozen iOS devices. So, yes, in that world 90% of their customers will live in the world you describe.
But the last 10% of their customers who buy Macs will buy them specifically because they're not that way. And they'll be a big group of people...more Macs will be sold then than are sold now. So Apple won't just cut them lose and give up on that money.
So I ask you, what incentive does Apple have to kill off those customers and send them elsewhere? I seriously can't think of any reason they'd do that. They'll have their main iOS business that keeps most people happy and they'll have their Macs for people who want them.
I honestly can't see any business sense in your expectations.
You can't browse for apps on Google. You won't discover cool new things that you weren't looking for. It's also a more streamlined process. Ever see a non-techie user's Finder? They are usually littered with tons of mounted DMGs. People frequently run apps right out of the DMG for months, not realizing why this causes the problems they are seeing.
More stuff to delete, non-standard web pages to download stuff from, SPAM forms you often have to fill out just to get a download link, etc.
It only makes sense. They could make money by advertising on the GPS system in the car.
Wow, you really don't know many people, do you? Either that or ALL your friends are techies.
Ok, good for you if that's true, but you need to get out and talk to people. So you've never met anyone who keeps all the DMGs around on their desktop forever, "just in case?" Or someone who runs apps out of the disk image, constantly launching the disk image every time they want to use the app?
Seriously, good for you. I envy you.
That's strange because the icon appeared in my dock immediately after restarting the computer. Just to the right of the Finder icon. And it was bouncing up and down to show me that it existed! Sounds like you are missing something or some setting prevented this from happening like it should have.
I'm liking the Mac App Store. Although I find a lot of the prices are high, I feel some of the apps are worth it. Also picked up 3 free ones. Who knew installation could get even easier? I think this will be a good thing for non-savvy users considering a Mac.
Odd. Every purchase I make on the Mac App Store requires me to enter my password and confirm the purchase (including free apps). Try reseting warnings or something.
Odd. Every purchase I make on the Mac App Store requires me to enter my password and confirm the purchase (including free apps). Try reseting warnings or something.
Considering the fact that in order to even access the app store you have to update to 10.6.6, I would argue its a fantastic amount.
I know a bunch of people myself that are either still on 10.5, or haven't upgraded to even 10.6.5 yet for various reasons (including laziness).