No I get it, thanks! On 6/26/12, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > I can answer your second question. > > sandboxing as the name implies means apps actions are separate. No longer > can you say for example have growl notify you of some apps as growl will not > see them as they are sandboxed. so the apps don't see either other, they re > in separate compartments if you will. I'm not good at explaining this but > perhaps google for an apple support article that discusses this. > On Jun 26, 2012, at 3:03 PM, josh gregory wrote: > >> 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/> > > <--- 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/> >
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