App Store for Macs
Apple’s App Store for Macs opened today. I downloaded the OS update that installed the App Store. I wandered around. I downloaded the free Evernote app for both the Mac and iPad. I haven’t tried this app before, but I figure it’s worth a look.
The only thing I’m not sure about is whether the Apps, iWork and iLife, for instance, will work like they do on the iPad — if you have the same account set up on all your machines (supposedly — only have one iPad and no iPhones or iPod Touches) you can install any of your apps on any or all of your machines. If this is true for App Store apps for the Mac, that would be ok. If not, then I miss having the Family Pack licensing scheme. I haven’t looked into this yet. The App Store is still brand new, and I’m not that familiar with it yet. On the other hand, if I only have to buy once and get it on all my machines, that’s a good deal.
For those of you using Macs, what do you think?
I like Evernote and how it syncs immediately between iPhone, MacBook, and the internet version. Whatever I’ve ‘noted’ is with me everywhere. Haven’t looked at the app store yet.
I figured out the multiple machines question I had. Once you make the purchase through the app store, it shows up in your purchases tab everywhere, and if you haven’t installed it on the machine you’re on yet, you can install it. Definitely better than the family license pack.
Cult of Mac addressed the next question this morning, but I’d already kind of figured it out. If you own apps that you haven’t purchased through the App Store, you won’t be able to do this until you make the purchase through the App Store and the app becomes associated with your Apple ID. The obvious tack to take here is to wait for the next upgrade you’d expect to pay for anyway, make that purchase through the App Store, then you’re covered for all machines on your Apple ID.
My test for this worked two ways. I installed the free app, Sketchbook Express, on the Mini. It showed up on the Air. (Evernote didn’t at first, because I hadn’t activated my Apple ID on that machine yet.) For a paid app, I’d been thinking about purchasing HyperEdit (I’d been using the free trial for about a year now–or, I thought I had been. I just found the receipt from where I bought it), and it is currently $10 off in the App Store, so I bought it on the Air, and it showed up on the Mini App Store purchases.
Pretty good so far.