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Available in the mac app store12/25/2022 ![]() ![]() When you launch such an app, a login window appears, displaying the purchaser’s account name you then have to enter that account’s password. Other apps will require the purchaser of the app to log into the Mac App Store. Some apps allow you to freely copy to other Macs and they’ll run without a hitch (though this seems to be a technical oversight, and not an intentional design). It’s the same scenario as if you buy a single-user copy of iWork and install it on ten Macs at work-you can do it, but you’re violating the license agreement, making the act ethically questionable.Īre there family pack licensing options in the App Store? While there’s no technical impediment to you installing them on multiple Macs at work, you’ll be violating the license agreement. Apps that are intended for professional use are licensed for you or for a single computer used by several people. No, the license you agree to when you enter the Mac App Store says that app downloads are for Macs that you personally own, and that’s a license for personal use. There’s no authorizing or deauthorizing or counting of different Macs.ĭoes that mean I could buy one copy of an app and install it on every Mac in my business? Once your identity is verified, that’s it. They can ask you to verify your Apple ID and password, but that’s a single check and it’s just to verify you are who you say you are. Apps don’t check to see if you’ve using an iTunes-authorized Mac. In the long term, the App Store app will probably be the answer.)Ĭan iTunes gift cards be used in the Mac App Store? (You may update in different places based on where you bought your software, in the short term. Some Apple-made apps like iLife and iWork currently use Apple’s Software Update mechanism, it’s unclear if that will continue, or if Apple will funnel all of that into the Mac App Store over time. Presumably all the apps you bought in the Mac App Store will update via the App Store app itself, using the Updates tab. It’s a good question and we’re not really sure what the answer will be. How does the Mac App Store software-update process mesh with the existing Apple Software Update tools? ![]() Presumably it will very quickly become the most important source, given Apple’s backing, but the others aren’t going to go away any time soon. All traditional sources of Mac software remain unchanged as of January 6 there’s just a new source, the Mac App Store. Developers do not have to make their apps exclusive on the Mac App Store. The entire Internet is an alternative to the Mac App Store. ![]()
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