Apple on Thursday released Mac OS X 10.6.6, which includes the Mac App Store.
How to use numbers on mac like excel. [ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]'With more than 1,000 apps, the Mac App Store is off to a great start,' said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. 'We think users are going to love this innovative new way to discover and buy their favorite apps.'
According to Apple, the Mac App Store offers apps in Education, Games, Graphics & Design, Lifestyle, Productivity, Utilities and other categories. Users can browse new and noteworthy apps, find out what's hot, see staff favorites, search categories and look up top charts for paid and free apps, as well as user ratings and reviews.
Apple is believed to have planned an early release of its Mac App Store, while end users will most likely see Mac OS X 10.6.6 even sooner, going by a report covering the topic. Version 10.6.8 v1.1: Fixes: Enhanced the Mac App Store to get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion; Resolved an issue that may cause Preview to unexpectedly quit; Improved support for IPv6; Improved VPN reliability; Identified and removed known variants of Mac Defender; See this article on how to verify the authenticity of this update.
Apple highlighted several companies that are making its apps available through the store like Autodesk, Ancestry.com and Boinx.
Some of Apple's own apps are available can now be purchased individually. iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand apps from the iLife ‘11 suite are available for $14.99 each. and Pages, Keynote and Numbers from iWork are available for $19.99 each.
Free lightroom 5 download for mac. Aperture 3, Apple's professional photo editing and management software, is available for $79.99.
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Mac OS X 10.6.6 and the Mac App Store are available via the software update control panel in Mac OS X.
Apple didn't introduce the App Store into Mac OS X until Snow Leopard 10.6.6. Here's what you need to do to get the App Store. You can find out what OS X version you are on by clicking on the Apple icon, then select 'About This Mac'. The number under the Apple logo is the version you are on. 10.5.x is Leopard and 10.6.x is Snow Leopard.
If you are on Leopard:
You first need to upgrade to Snow Leopard. You can find out how to do that at my 'How to upgrade from Leopard (10.5) to Snow Leopard (10.6)' post. Once you do that, come back to this post and follow the instructions below.
If you are on Snow Leopard:
1. First click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of your screen. If you see the 'App Store…' menu item then you can stop here, you already have the App Store.
2. If you don't have the 'App Store…' menu item then click on the 'Software Update…' menu item.
3. This will launch the Software Update dialog. Once the dialog completely loads, look for an item called 'Mac OS X Update Combined'. That is the OS X update that includes the App Store, so go ahead and install that. It took about 30 minutes for me.
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4. After the install is complete click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of your screen. You should now see the 'App Store…' menu item. If you don't then repeat steps 2 and 3 above until you do. If you still don't see it then just give Apple a call at 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753) or stop by your nearest Apple store.
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If you want to see what version you currently have installed then click the Apple icon then click the 'About This Mac' menu item. That will pop up a dialog like the one below. The number below the Apple icon is the version number of the Mac OS X you have installed. Like I mentioned above, it must be 10.6.6 in order to get the App Store.
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