Hi there. A couple questions. Will apps no longer in the app store still be available through macupdate.com? Secondly, what are sandboxing restrictions? Thanks!
On 6/26/12, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sarah, > > I'm not sure what you want. If you just want a description of the app, you > can find that for almost every app at the MacUpdate site. If you mean that > you want a web site that will tell you that a particular app is no longer in > the App Store, but that it once was there, then you can do a Google search > on the name of the app, and "Appshopper" to find their Mac app listings. If > the app was just pulled, then the AppShopper listing will still show as > being current, and you can copy it. If a day or so has passed, the > AppShopper page will say "App removed from site", but you'll still be able > to navigate down the page and read the old description. When apps get > pulled from the iOS App Store, this is usually the way that I check they're > gone. Also, I can still navigate to the "App Activitiy" heading and check > the last time stamps for a sense of when the app was last around. Of > course, in the case of some long gone apps, such as the i-map-u that Geoff > recalls would give your nea > rest intersection, and which was available from 2008 through to early 2011 > (maybe January or February), the last activity that shows is the price drop > back to $0.99 in April of 2009! > > Which app disappeared? A lot of apps are pulling out of the Mac App store > with the new sandboxing restrictions. For example, TextExpander has a new > version 4.0 release that just came out, but which isn't in the Mac App store > because it doesn't meet the restrictions. The new features make it easier > to generate template letters (where you fill in a name, or personalize small > sections of a form reply), but because its snippet substitutions will work > in any app, unlike the more limited text expansion that is available in Lion > for Mail and a few frequently used applications, it doesn't meet the > sandboxing restrictions and won't appear in the Mac App Store. I think this > may apply to apps like Panic's Transmit, as well. (My Transmit license was > an upgrade, done outside of the App Store.) > > See, for example, the MacWorld article from last week: "TextExpander 4 adds > features, but must leave the Mac App Store": > http://www.macworld.com/article/1167373/textexpander_4_adds_features_leaves_mac_app_store.html > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Hello to all. I just recorded a podcast and was prepping to do the show >> notes when to my horror i realized through searching the app was no longer >> in the app store. Is there a site i can link to that at least gives the >> descriptions? i don't think you can download apps that are not there >> anymore so i won't even go there but any help would be appreciated. >> Thanks. >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > -- Ways to Connect with me: facebook.com/evercuriousmasteryodo twitter.com/joshg93 Skype: joshgregory93 FaceTime, iMessage and iChat: [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
