The Mac App Store Discussion, what is it for?

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The Mac App Store, a feature once only available to iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch users, now is available for those who are able to load 10.6.6 on their Intel Macs. The link below shows which Macs are compatible with it:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2126451
Now while this board does have a Discussions forum for the App Store:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1432&start=0
It is not a place to:
1. Contact the developers of the said App, although some may look on it to see what people are saying.
2. Contact Apple. For that, there are these two links:
http://www.apple.com/contact/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/
3. Complain about the price of a program.
4. Complain about the availability of the store in prior operating system updates.
5. Complain about the setup of 10.6.6 or later to get access to the Apple Store.
6. Complain about the compatibility of an application you bought from the store.
You can though enquire how users fixed issues of installation. Remember this is only a user to user board with moderators who help there be a lively discussion following the rules you agreed to when you signed up under the link for Help & Terms of Use.
You can though enquire how to contact developers if that was not made clear in the store.
You can enquire if users have found ways to make specific applications work.
You can certainly enquire how to prepare your machine for 10.6.6 to avoid issues of upgrading.
Note, this is just a user to user forum with people vollunteering who have technical knowledge which may differ from yours.
So don't panic and have fun!
This is the 1st version of this tip. It was submitted on January 7, 2011 by a brody.
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http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact.html?form=account

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Despite the fact I have it showing as purchased in the App Store app, I can't install it as it also believes it to be installed. Searching for files containing the name Transmit returns no results anywhere on my drive.
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What version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard is installed on your Mac? You are describing misbehavior of the MAS that was in the first version that was installed with Mac OS X 10.6.6. The misbehavior of listing apps as installed that were not acquired through the MAS was corrected with the MAS installed by 10.6.7. We now are at 10.6.8 with the newest version of the MAS.

Why is the Mac App Store part of the OS?

After reading about issues a lot of people are having with the 10.6.6 update, I think I'll pass on it. I don't understand why Apple made the Mac App Store part of the system software. Why couldn't it be in iTunes like the iTunes & App store? Is Apple acting like Microsoft and pushing stuff on us that we may not want as part of the OS?

Sean Foley wrote:
There is something wrong with this. I hate when someone is pulling a fast one and think they are getting away with it.
What specifically do you believe Apple is getting away with? Basically, Apple is extending the same OS-level features to third party developers that in the past it has reserved for its own apps, including one-click download, security checks, & installation. Moreover, the terms & conditions of use are readily available, as is the same Help topic support as with any other Apple app -- all you have to do is read it.
Sure, you have to buy many of the apps in the Mac App Store, but what is slimy about that? Doesn't the word "Store" tell you that?
Does anyone know where to search for all those great applications now, or is getting a new OS the only answer.
Try a Google search on "Mac apps," or any of the related searches found at the bottom of the search results page.
And at least for now, http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ still works in the same way it always has.

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http://lifehacker.com/5715625/how-to-find-hidden-features-in-mac-applications
...but no joy yet. Any and all tips or feedback greatly appreciated!

Click App store icon in the Dock to launch App store.
Click Featured or Top Charts tab.
Quick Links should be available.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11497

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Hide the app from your Purchases list. Sign into your account (Store menu). Go to Purchases pane, right click on the app in question, Hide the app.

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If you are planning to sell the Mac or give it to someone you should Deauthorize the Mac in iTunes but you need to also wipe the Mac and just install the base OS and the supplied Apple apps. You should not pass on any apps that you have acquires through the MAS on to anyone else, the End Usr License Agreement does not allow that. Those apps are coded with your account and can be traced back to you if they get pirated.

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James....
You arne't necessarily doing anything wrong.
Install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo
That should reinstall the App Store for you.
Restart your Mac after the combo is finished installing.
You should see the App Store icon in the Dock and be able to access from your Apple menu also.
Make sure your Mac meet's Lion's requirements

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Hi Sandra,
you'll need to edit the security settings to install programs 'Mac App Store and identified developers'
Open the Systems Preference and go to Security & Privacy. There will be a section in the 'General' tab for 'Allow apps downloaded from:" The default selection is 'Mac App Store'. Change this setting to 'Mac App Store and identified developers".
This screenshot is taken on OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), so it may look slightly different if you're on a different OS X version.
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In your dock it would be this icon:
The forum for it specifically is here:Using Mac App Store

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The Early 2006 model 1,1 Core Duo can only run a maximum of 10.6 Snow Leopard. The models Late 2006 Core 2 Duos 2,1 through Early 2008 4,1 can only run a maximum of 10.7 Lion. The Late 2008 model 5,1 Aluminum Unibody through the Mid 2010 White Unibody model 7,1 can run 10.8 Mountain Lion.
To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
The Snow Leopard 10.6 DVD should still be available from Apple for $20. You will have to call Apple Customer Care 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775 to purchase it. It may still be in the Legacy Products list.
If they no longer have any in stock you will have to buy it from eBay or Apple resellers that still have stock. But you will have to pay a premium since the DVDs are no longer being made. Snow Leopard DVDs are already up to $100 on Amazon.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=10.6+snow+leopard&_sacat=0&_odkw=mac+os+10.6 &_osacat=0
Once you are at 10.6.8 Lion is still available from Apple. You will have to call Apple Customer Care 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775. to purchase it. Then within 3 days you will get an email with a code which you can use to download Lion from the App Store. The price is still $29. You must have at least a model 2,1 MacBook.
Lion will require at least 2gb of RAM but really needs 4gb to run smoothly.
As for third party programs see this list for compatibility with 10.7 http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Also Lion doesn't run any Power PC programs. To see if you have any Power PC programs go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info. When System Profiler comes up select Applications under Software. Then look under Kind to see if any of your applications are listed as Power PC. Universal and Intel will run under Lion.
Before Mac switched to Intel processors in 2006 they used Power PC processors from 1994 to 2005. Power PC 601 through 604, G3, G4 and G5. Applications written for the Power PC processors need the application called Rosetta to run on Intel processors. This was part of the Operating System in 10.4 and 10.5 but was an optional install in 10.6. With 10.7 Lion Apple dropped all support for Power PC applications.

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