Apple’s Mac App Store officially opens doors

By on Jan 6, 2011 at 8:53 AM
Breaking January 6, 2011

If you’ve been waiting for Apple’s Mac App Store to open its door, the wait is over. Apple has release Mac OS X 10.6.6, which, among other things, adds the company’s much anticipated desktop application store. “With more than 1,000 apps, the Mac App Store is off to a great start,” said Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs. “We think users are going to love this innovative new way to discover and buy their favorite apps.” The full press release is after the break, enjoy.

Apple’s Mac App Store Opens for Business

CUPERTINO, California—January 6, 2011—Apple® today announced that the Mac® App Store℠ is now open for business with more than 1,000 free and paid apps. The Mac App Store brings the revolutionary App Store experience to the Mac, so you can find great new apps, buy them using your iTunes® account, download and install them in just one step. The Mac App Store is available for Snow Leopard® users through Software Update as part of Mac OS® X v10.6.6.

“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.”

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.

Entirely new apps, as well as current Mac favorites, are available from developers such as Autodesk, Ancestry.com and Boinx. iPhoto®, iMovie® and GarageBand® apps from Apple’s popular iLife® ‘11 suite are available individually in the Mac App Store for $14.99 each, and Pages®, Keynote® and Numbers® apps from iWork® are available for $19.99 each. Aperture® 3, Apple’s powerful photo editing and management software, is available for $79.99.

“We’re delighted to bring our professional-grade paint and drawing app, Autodesk SketchBook Pro, to the Mac App Store on its first day of launch,” said Carl Bass, Autodesk’s CEO. “We’ve seen tremendous success on the Mac, iPhone and iPad with multiple apps. We’re excited to offer SketchBook Pro on the Mac App Store so artists can easily create everything from quick sketches to high-quality artwork right on their Macs.”

“By offering the Ancestry.com Family Tree Maker app on the Mac App Store, we’re making it even easier for people to discover and access their family history,” said Tim Sullivan, Ancestry.com’s CEO. “The Mac App Store will drive a new generation of innovation on the Mac platform.”

“We’re thrilled to have our award-winning animation, video production and photography software available on the new Mac App Store,” said Oliver Breidenbach, Boinx Software’s CEO. “The Mac App Store makes it easier than ever for consumers to access all the innovative software designed for the Mac.”

To get the Mac App Store, download the Mac OS X v10.6.6 Software Update or visit www.apple.com/mac/app-store. To find out more about developing for the Mac App Store visit developer.apple.com/programs/mac.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

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  • Richd5481

    Damn… I left my MacBook at home today

  • Anonymous

    Every site is covering Apple again today. Here I thought things would be different this week because of CES. I suppose when there is only one company in demand it is to be expected though. Congrats to Apple for finally becoming the T-Rex they should have been all along.

    • Len

      Apple is a company that most either love or hate, therefore it generates traffic. Other companies that many people are indifferent to don’t generate web traffic. That’s why everyone posts Apple centric news.

      • Anonymous

        Thank you Len for that bit. I agree about the love/hate thought. Although I will just say I like the company. After purchase service has been spectacular on each Apple product my wife and I have owned.

        Less than 10% market share on the Desktop.
        Less than 5% market share for overall cell phone market.

        All this attention and still plenty of room to grow.

      • serpentor

        So, market share doesn’t really mean anything. Except when Jobs talks about iPhone and iPad and iPod, then it means everything.

        Fck that. I’m still waiting on Apple to come clean about the defective 2006 iMac they sold me.

  • Anonymous

    According to Apples site “You can install apps on every Mac you use and even download them again.” Does this mean all those apps that are technically licenced for use on one machine can now be used on many?

    • serpentor

      So now they’re engaging in pirating their developers’ software. Someone DMCA them.

  • Anonymous

    just installed the update, now I can get Angry Birds on my mac

  • ryan

    I though that was going to be like MacUpdate Desktop, I mean that it would update all the app that I have on my computer. I have to buy like all my apps on the Mac store so he can check for the updates. that sucks, I don’t like it

  • QNX Please

    ummm this is what the internet is for…. I can get all these games, info, etc for free. You’d have to be a retard to install “Apps” on your computer when that same function is done on the internet. The reason Apps are good for phones or tablets is the poorer internet experience. The only thing this would be usefull for is having full fledged games or programs for download so I don’t have to walk to a store. But even then many programs and games are downloadable anyways.

  • Anonymous

    Who knew launching birds with special powers from a slingshot onto pigs who have built elaborate forts would become a smash hit? It really is the game that keeps on giving. 70-659

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