The Mac App Store may still be more than two month away , but Apple ’s already take care to stock the shelves . This calendar week , the company has been dispatching due east - ring armour to members of its Mac Developer Program , encouraging them to put forward their apps .
The Es - mail message itself is similar to the I issue to iPhone developer when a novel version of the society ’s iOS Software Development Kit ( SDK ) becomes available . It ask for developer to submit their apps for critical review now , as well as get further data on setting up an iTunes Connect business relationship , creating a Mac Distribution Certificate , and prepping apps for critique .
Apple CEO Steve Jobsunveiled the Mac App Store last month , say that it would open up its doors in 90 twenty-four hours , which places its arrival somewhere in mid - January . As with the launch of the original App Store and the introduction of the iPad , Apple clearly wants to have a square depository library of software uncommitted at launch .
While the e - mail offers short new information , it does come along that the back - ending of the service will be managed through iTunes Connect , the same service used for the iOS App Store . This despite the fact that the rendering of the Mac App Store Jobs evidence off during his presentation was a standalone program , rather than part of iTunes .
opinion of the Mac App Storehave been part , with some lauding it as a great chance for developer and consumer likewise and others worrying that it portends a future tense where Macs are only locked to App Store computer software . But with some seventy - odd days to go before the store appears , all we have is our hope and our fears .
