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Mac App Store Goes Live: How to Get It

by Robert Quigley | 9:43 am, January 6th, 2011

Leave it to Apple to try to one-up CES without even attending: The Mac App Store went live this morning, before its anticipated launch time of 1pm this afternoon and before the electronic show’s post-Ballmer-keynote debut.

The Mac App Store launches with over 1,000 apps, including such Apple stalwarts as its iLife and iWork software suites and such newcomers to OS X as (yes) Angry Birds, which we told you was coming to every platform ever. There are also a decent assortment of free apps, including a Twitter app, Evernote, and free games. (Still waiting on a desktop Shazam, though.)

I’ll confess that even as someone who runs a geek website, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to get the Mac App Store up and running on my computer. This is because the App Store page on apple.com, while pretty, has neither a direct route to the App Store nor links to take you there.

Instead, what you’ve got to do to get into the App Store is download the just-released latest version of Snow Leopard, OS X v10.6.6. There’s not a download link on the App Store page, and if you google “OS X 10.6.6″ you will see lots of sketchy links to torrent pages for developers’ builds or lord knows what else.

The key, for Mac users, lies within your own Apple menu. Click on the Apple menu, go to “Software Update,” and follow the instructions to install OS X 10.6.6. (This may take a little while, so don’t do it unless you’ve got 15 or so minutes to spare.)

When your computer finally restarts with the updated OS X intact, the Apple menu options will have changed: Now, below Software Update, you’ll see “App Store. . .” Click this and you’ll arrive at the Mac App Store landing page shown at the top of this article. Angry Birds ahoy!

The App Store takes the same payments as the iTunes store; log in with an Apple ID to buy paid apps.

Got it successfully downloaded? Check out our list of the best games in the Mac app store.

(via Apple)

  • B_ob

    I can’t seem to update the 10.6.6. I have 10.5.8 and if I go under software updates, it says no updates for your computer at this time. How can I get this software?

  • Kiko

    hahahah fuck u

  • http://www.facebook.com/roystonld Royston Leon Dsouza

    same thing for me. WTF
     

  • aaron

    im the same as Bo_b ):

  • Tmane590

    same hear

  • george

    you have to have snow leopard to get the app store

  • dk4jc

    same here, why is nobody answering this f***ing question???

  • miche

    how can i get that???? :/

  • miche

    how can i get that???? :/

  • Sports4life811

    Try buying a new computer

  • Sports4life811

    That helped everyone else

  • http://www.facebook.com/Nef89 Nawaf Alaskar

    Guys! 10.5.8 is OS X Leopard, you need to buy OS X Snow Leopard and install it =) 

    10.6 is the newer operating system. only after that you can get the updates!

  • Cottamz

    Yeah and its also fucking expensive!

  • Mohzgwtj

    You can only get the freaking Snow Leopard from the App Store! WTF!!!!

  • Jamalhamza89

    but were do you get snow leopard

  • Clemi97

    f*** i dont want to spend 30$ just for the appstore

  • Dantrier

    I have the exact same model and problem

  • Johngoesbig

    me too!

  • Am

    I have imac version 10.6.8 os x. I got it,but it doesnt really work.

  • Jacobboyksoccermaster

    ikr. wtf 

  • guest

    its not showing up in our doooock!!!!!! it doesn’t work!!

  • Raybinhassan

    where do get snow leopard from, WTFing crap is this … plz help


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