An App store for the Mac -- "this changes everything"

October 25, 2010 by MobileWebGo

It's surprising it's taken so long for the app store to be expanded to the desktop.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371201,00.asp

"This changes everything." rolled through my head as I heard Jobs explain the new world of desktop applications. All the "benefits" of apps on the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch would arrive on your Mac desktop. Things that those of us who use Apple's portable devices take for granted, like remembering where you were when you open the app again (auto save and resume), one-click downloads, auto-installation and even auto-updates would all become natural parts of the desktop and laptop operating system.

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Apple has successfully convinced thousands of developers to work its way when it comes to Apps and the App Store. Apple vets the products, manages the commerce and updates and collects 30% of all profits. Can you imagine any of this flying with software vendors like Adobe and Microsoft? Don't imagine, because it's already happening. My iPad, for example has Photoshop Express. Granted, this is from a full-featured image editor, but the fact that Adobe decided to work with Apple to get this app into the App Store speaks volumes.