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The new features set to revolutionise how we use Mac apps in macos Mojave
We explore the new-look macos Mojave App Store and reveal how you can get Mojave now!
Perhaps macos Mojave’s most important new feature is the all-new Mac App Store. Previously, little love had been given to Apple’s official home for Mac software, but with Mojave’s introduction comes a brand-new Mac App Store featuring a fresh look and rich editorial content that will make it easier than ever to find great Mac apps.
“Since its launch in 2011, the Mac
App Store has become the single largest catalogue of Mac apps and today remains the safest and best place to get Mac apps for users around the world,” says Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “We are excited to usher in a new era for the Mac App Store with a beautiful new look, unique editorial content and emphasis on human curation that complements the ways people are using their Macs today.”
The redesign is based heavily on the successful IOS App Store overhaul that we saw in IOS 11 last year. A Discover tab will feature compelling stories, in-depth interviews, helpful tips and collections of must-have apps. Discover will update every week to help users find the best Mac Apps through stories and collections. The Top Charts feature will make sure you’re up to date with what’s trending in the world of desktop apps too.
Mac users will also be able to explore new Create, Work, Play and Develop
“We are excited to usher in a new era for the Mac App Store with a new look and unique editorial content”
tabs to find the perfect app for a specific project or purpose – whether that’s music, video or photography apps, all the way to business utilities and games. Moreover, within each of these tabs, you’ll find helpful recommendations and expertise about apps. These tabs will also help you make the most of apps you already have with tips and tutorials that even the most expert users will find useful.
All the leading apps
It’s long been a major frustration for Mac users that not all leading apps have been present in the Mac App Store, but that all changes with macos Mojave. Huge names like Adobe and Microsoft are joining the fun, along with Mac favourites Bbedit from Bare Bones, Transmit from Panic, Lens Studio from Snap Inc. and Houseparty, among others. Microsoft is bringing its whole Office suite onto the Mac App Store in a long overdue move. As much as we love Apple’s iwork collection, access to Office 365 is a necessity for most.
“Office 365 provides the best of both worlds for Mac users – a productivity experience that is unmistakably Office, but specifically designed for the Mac,” says Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president at Microsoft. “We’re excited to provide our joint customers with easy access to downloads and updates by bringing Office to the newly redesigned
Mac App Store.”
Adobe is only releasing Lightroom CC to the Mac App Store, but it’s still a step in the right direction, and points at further integration in the not too distant future. “Adobe is looking forward to bringing Lightroom CC, our industry-leading photography service, to the Mac App
Store in the next year,” says Bryan Lamkin, executive vice president and general manager of Digital Media at Adobe. “We’re also excited to join the Mac App Store with its new redesign that not only makes it easy for users to find apps like Lightroom CC, but also further showcases the great work of creators and developers.”
It’s been seven years since the Mac App Store was launched in OS X 10.6.6 Snow Leopard, and during that time it hasn’t evolved at the speed we imagined. That finally looks set to change with Mojave, and we’re excited to see these new features in action. Hopefully it ushers in a golden age for Mac apps.