Application Store For Mac
Mac Application Store
Mac Application Store Card
Mac Application Store

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Learn how the Mac App Store beautifully showcases your apps and makes them even easier to find, and how Developer ID and notarization make it safer for users to install apps that you distribute yourself.

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Application Store For Mac

Mac App Store

The Mac App Store makes it simple for customers to discover, purchase, and download your apps, and easily keep them updated. The Mac App Store on macOS Mojave and later offers editorial content that inspires and informs. Organized around the specific things customers love to do on Mac, along with insightful stories, curated collections, and videos, the Mac App Store beautifully showcases your apps and makes them even easier to find.

Outside the Mac App Store

While the Mac App Store is the safest place for users to get software for their Mac, you may choose to distribute your Mac apps in other ways. Gatekeeper on macOS helps protect users from downloading and installing malicious software by checking for a Developer ID certificate. Make sure to test your apps with the macOS 10.15 SDK and sign your apps, plug-ins, or installer packages to let Gatekeeper know they’re safe to install.

Mac Application Store

You can also give users even more confidence in your apps by submitting them to Apple to be notarized.

Mac Logo

Mac Application Store Card

The Mac logo is designed to easily identify software products and hardware peripherals developed to run on macOS and take advantage of its advanced features.

Mac Application Store

Mac App Store	Outside Mac App Store
App Distribution	Hosted by Apple	Managed by developer (with Developer ID)
Software Updates	Hosted by Apple	Managed by developer
Worldwide Payment Processing	Managed by Apple	Managed by developer
Volume Purchasing and Education Pricing	Managed by Apple	Managed by developer
Advanced App Capabilities (iCloud Storage and Push Notifications)	Available	Available
App Store Services (In-App Purchase and Game Center)	Available	Not Available
64-Bit	Required	Recommended
App Sandboxing	Required	Recommended