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The Best Mac Apps Exclusive To The Mac App Store

When the Mac App Store launched in January, we debated whether it sucked or not based on the store’s conveniences and annoyances. We avoided judging it on available apps, since the store had just been launched. Now that the App Store has had time to mature, we’re taking another look at what the Mac App Store offers that you can’t get anywhere else. Here are our favourite apps exclusive to the Mac App Store.

January 12, 2011
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Kindle App Arrives On Mac App Store, Updates On iOS

Amazon’s Kindle app has arrived in the Mac App Store, although it’s much the same as the version you could download from the web.

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You Can Uninstall The Mac App Store, But It’s Not Supported

While the new Mac App Store has some benefits, some of you may dislike it enough that you want to uninstall it completely. It isn’t supported by Apple, but tech blog OSNews reports that it is possible: just remove it with something like previously mentioned AppCleaner.

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Use The Mac App Store For Remote Working

Heading to the relatives’ place for a long stay? Working on a Mac that’s not your own? Using the new Mac App Store’s easy licensing and installation, you can create a new user account and quickly set up your favourite software.

January 11, 2011
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AppFresh Updates All Your Mac Apps From One Unified Place

Mac OS X: The Mac App Store is great for providing all your app updates in one place, but if you’d prefer not to use it, free app AppFresh will keep all your downloaded apps updated from one single window.

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Search The Mac App Store For Specific File Extension Handlers

The new Mac App Store can be automatically searched when you click on a file your Mac doesn’t recognise. But if you want to see what apps can handle certain extensions yourself, you can do that, too.

January 7, 2011
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Why The Mac App Store Sucks

Apple launched the Mac App Store today, allowing you to browse, search, read reviews and buy Mac software of all kinds in one streamlined location. And it’s terrible. Here’s why.

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Why You Might Really Like The Mac App Store In The Long Run

With the release of the Mac App Store, Apple’s trying to bring iOS-like changes to the Mac OS X desktop. Is this a good thing? In a lot of ways, yes — here’s why.

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Fixing Mac App Store’s ‘Error 100′

After upgrading Mac OS X to version 10.6.6, several users are encountering an “Error 100″ when using the Mac App Store for the first time. If you find yourself running into the same error code, MacStories has a quick fix for you. All you need to do is sign out of the Mac App Store and log out (and back into) your OS X account to get things rolling again. [MacStories]

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First Look At The Mac App Store: Your One-Stop Shop For Mac Software

Apple just dropped Mac OS X 10.6.6, complete with the long-awaited Mac App Store. Here’s a quick look at what it offers, how it works, and how you can (in theory) use it to better manage the apps on your computer.

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