Learn how the Mac App Store beautifully showcases your apps and makes them even easier to find, and how Developer ID and notarization make it safer for users to install apps that you distribute yourself.
Mac App Store
The Mac App Store makes it simple for customers to discover, purchase, and download your apps, and easily keep them updated. The Mac App Store on macOS Mojave and later offers editorial content that inspires and informs. Organized around the specific things customers love to do on Mac, along with insightful stories, curated collections, and videos, the Mac App Store beautifully showcases your apps and makes them even easier to find.
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Outside the Mac App Store
While the Mac App Store is the safest place for users to get software for their Mac, you may choose to distribute your Mac apps in other ways. Gatekeeper on macOS helps protect users from downloading and installing malicious software by checking for a Developer ID certificate. Make sure to test your apps with the macOS 10.15 SDK and sign your apps, plug-ins, or installer packages to let Gatekeeper know they’re safe to install.
You can also give users even more confidence in your apps by submitting them to Apple to be notarized.
Mac Logo
The Mac logo is designed to easily identify software products and hardware peripherals developed to run on macOS and take advantage of its advanced features.
| Mac App Store | Outside Mac App Store | |
|---|---|---|
| App Distribution | Hosted by Apple | Managed by developer (with Developer ID) |
| Software Updates | Hosted by Apple | Managed by developer |
| Worldwide Payment Processing | Managed by Apple | Managed by developer |
| Volume Purchasing and Education Pricing | Managed by Apple | Managed by developer |
| Advanced App Capabilities (iCloud Storage and Push Notifications) | Available | Available |
| App Store Services (In-App Purchase and Game Center) | Available | Not Available |
| 64-Bit | Required | Recommended |
| App Sandboxing | Required | Recommended |
How To Download Stuff Outside Of Appstore Mac Free
I upgraded to Mountain Lion. Safari is not adequately functioning for numerous websites. I downloaded both Firefox and Chrome....but I can't install them because they didn't come from the App Store!!!! .... and of course, they're not offered in the App Store.
I have also purchased several programs over the years, such as Audiobook Builder. I have a legal license and key. But I can't install from the .dmg file because I didn't download it from the App Store. It IS offered in the App Store, but I have to pay for it again!!! This is the case with 14 other programs including Disk Warrior, SuperDuper, ChronoSync, etc. Some aren't even in the App Store and others I'm expected to repurchase.
How To Download Stuff Outside Of Appstore Macbook
Complete user migration seems to be the only way I can get these apps on my new Mt. Lion machine.....but I am amalgamating three Macs into 1 new spec-ed out laptop. I don't have the space to migrate all of the user accounts from my Air, Mini and iMac.
How do I install (legally) purchased software such as AudioBook Builder OR free software such as Firefox onto my computer without repurchasing them? Or, in the case of Firefox, when it's not available in the App Store?
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion
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