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Adam Engst 117 comments

Pages, Keynote, and Numbers 15 Go Freemium

Apple has folded Pages, Keynote, and Numbers into its Creator Studio subscription bundle, but the upgrade process has been confusing and the App Store ratings have cratered. Here’s what happened, what’s actually behind the paywall, and what you should do.

Adam Engst 3 comments

Sequoia Fixes App Store Update Notifications

With macOS 15 Sequoia, Apple has addressed a long-standing issue by letting update notifications open the App Store’s Updates screen. It’s a small improvement that improves the user experience when updating apps from the Mac App Store.

Adam Engst 1 comment

How to Determine What Apps and Content You’ve Bought from Apple

Adam Engst shows how you can access your Apple purchase history to uncover when and for how much you purchased apps and content, providing insights into your past Apple transactions.

BBEdit 12.6.3 Agen Schmitz No comments

BBEdit 12.6.3

Maintenance release with bug fixes, and a return to the Mac App Store. ($49.99 new, free update, 13.9 MB)

Adam Engst 2 comments

Trend Micro Mac Apps Stole Users’ Browser Histories

A number of Mac apps from Trend Micro have been discovered to be collecting users’ browsing histories and have been removed from the Mac App Store.

Josh Centers 10 comments

Popular Mac App Store Utility Turned Out to Be Spyware

A paid utility that was secretly spying on users’ Web browsing histories somehow made it past both Apple’s review process and macOS’s application sandboxing.

Sharon Zardetto 11 comments

Everything You Wanted to Know about Using the Mac App Store (For Now)

Buying something from the Mac App Store is so easy, it’s as if Apple planned it that way. But there are things you should know, and things you can do, to keep the experience effortless and handle any glitches that might appear.

Michael E. Cohen 28 comments

The Big News about macOS 10.14 Mojave Is Dark

Dark Mode leads the list of new features in the evolutionary macOS 14 Mojave. But, while most of the changes are small, many of them will be welcome.