TapeDeck Goes Exclusive to the Mac App Store

http://supermegaultragroovy.com/blog/2011/01/06/tapedeck-on-the-mac-app-store/

by shawndumas • 16 years ago

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rudd• 16 years ago

It seems like a number of apps will probably do this. For instance, I can't find Twitter for Mac outside of the app store, which is disappointing because I'm still on Leopard, stuck with Tweetie 1.2.8. I would say to be wary of losing your Leopard user-base, but being on the Mac App Store probably will give you enough exposure that you'll make up for it and more.

treblig• 16 years ago

Can someone email you the .app package, or are Mac App Store apps compiled to be Snow Leopard only?

liscio3• 16 years ago

If they email you the .app, it will be locked down to the purchaser's machine.

In terms of Snow Leopard-only, that's not necessarily true. However, it will be Intel-only.

The version of TapeDeck I submitted to the App Store had to be stripped of the ppc binary in order to pass validation. However, the version on http://tapedeckapp.com (the demo) is ppc/intel and 10.5-friendly.

liscio3• 16 years ago

I think there's not much benefit of staying on Leopard if you run an Intel Mac these days. The upgrade cost is pretty cheap, and the benefits do developers are quite heavenly.

I've been keeping Leopard support in TapeDeck because it's been pretty easy to do so, but with the work I'm doing on 1.4 right now, I've been tempted to hit that kill switch...(But I won't.)

e1ven2• 16 years ago

I'm curious- If you're distributing through the AppStore only, and the App Store doesn't support 1.5, why maintain the code?

TapeDeck Goes Exclusive to the Mac App Store

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