New for Mac? Let's learn the basics of the Mac App Store

If this is the first time we have a Mac, one of the first apps we should be familiar with is the Mac App Store. This app store, like the App Store on our iPhone or iPad, is where we go to download and buy programs. We'll notify the Mac App Store in our Dock, the app bar at the bottom of the screen, its icon blue To white inside.

Walking around the Mac App Store

Mac App Store it is divided into several sections And they are all located in the sidebar we see on the left of the window. When it appears find out, arcade, create, to work, to play, to improve, stages y reviews. We can click on any category to access it.

At the top of this sidebar we see a search, anywhere we can search apps by name or by activity. "Photo Retouching" or "Pixelmator Pro" will deliver some interesting results. To finish, at the bottom, we get our name and photo, this section gives us access to our account.

When we enter the section we like, we'll turn our right side of the screen. The organization is very simple, as we step down we find various stagesfor example The apps and games we love either Organize all types of images. To view all the apps in the category, use the right or left arrows on it or click See all to the right of the category name to see the full list of apps available.

Some sections contain videos so we know the app better at a glance, while others only show your name and icon or a small article where the App's editorial team produces an app.

Remember that stages Categories y Renewal they are unique. First, once inside, we are offered a list of application categories to choose from paid check-in and free overhead. We'll see a review soon.

Apps in the Mac App Store

All apps on the Mac App Store, with a button next to their name, show their price or we have already bought it. Let's see you in detail:

• The first app (Microsoft OneNote) shows a button Find outThis means we haven't bought this app and we can do it for free.
• The second app (Good Notes 5) shows you € 8.99, which means we haven't bought this app yet and can do it, now we pay € 8.99.
• Another app (Bear -Private Notepad) shows a cloud with a down arrow, this indicates that we have already purchased this app and that we can download it whenever we want without any additional charge.
• Finally, we see the text In-app purchases next to the button Find out in other applications. This shows that, although the application is free, because it does not show any value, we will have to pay internally to access certain functions or services. Paid apps can also provide in-app purchases.

When we see a list of apps we can do two things. The first is to touch the button, though Find out, its price or small cloud, to buy or download an app. The second taps on your name (or icon) on access information finish. Let's look at this second method.

In the image above we find the details of the iMovie app. All apps in the Mac App Store show the same information and be distributed evenly. We find the following:

• The name of the application, the default category, in this case Photos and video, a developer name, which we can click to see for his many apps, price and share button.
• The ratings you have, if selected by the editorial or award-winning group, rank within their category and recommended age.
• More screenshots and, in some cases, videos.
• An overview of what the app does, its website and support page.
• Ratings and reviews, where we are shown all the reviews that customers have left. We can touch See all to see the full list.
• News It shows us changes we have made to the latest version, release date and version number. We can touch Version History to see the full list.
• The technical sheet shows the developer, app size, category, compatibility with other devices, languages, age, copyright, when in-app purchases and gives us access to the privacy policy. app.
• In the compatibility phase we usually find For the family, which shows that we can share the same purchases with all family members.
• Finally we get other applications from the same developer.

Update and account

Tab RenewalAs its name implies, it allows us to review the applications we installed. How so? Simple, on the tab Restart we touch Restart next to app name either Refresh everything to update all apps at once. If we want to do automatic updates we simply click on the menu App Store and we choose them Your preference … Later it works Automatic renewal.

To access our account, touch the name and photo that appears below the window. Upon entering we found a a list of all the apps we bought. We can touch the button in the form of a small cloud to download any of them. Also, we can touch Use a gift card then enter the code to add a gift card balance to our account and use it to purchase the plans.

Generally, the Mac App Store is a destination for us to find the apps we use on our Mac. As we've seen, she looks like a little sister to our iPhone or iPad, but there's a slight difference.

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New for Mac? Let's learn the basics of the Mac App Store

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The Applesphere

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David Bernal Raspall

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