Store

The Store is where you find apps other people have built and install them on your own Mac. You can browse a featured selection, filter by category, search by name, open an app to see what it does, and install it in a click, then update or remove it later just as easily.

Browse the Store

Open the Store tab to see what's available. By default you land on the Public store with the Featured view, a curated set of sections that highlight apps worth a look.

If you belong to one or more teams, a switcher is displayed on the toolbar. Toggle between Public and each of your teams to move between the open public store and your team's private one. See Visibility Levels for what each store contains.

Filter and Sort

The dropdown on the right of the toolbar changes with the store you're viewing:

• On the Public store, it's a filter. Stay on Featured, or pick a category to narrow the list to one kind of app you're looking for.
• On a Team store, it's a sort: Recently Updated, Newest, or Most Downloaded.

Search

To look for something specific, use the search box in the sidebar. As you type, the dropdown suggests matches grouped by where they live: your own projects, your teams, categories, and apps from the Public and Team stores. Pick a suggestion to jump straight to it, or open the full search to see every match.

If you would like to see all published apps from a specific author, click the Author name on the Store's detail page to open that creator's profile.

Detail Page

Selecting an app opens its detail page, the full listing the author prepared when they published the app:

• The app's name with a short tagline beneath it.
• The metadata row with the Author, the app Size, a Published or Updated date, and an Installs count. The date reads Published for a brand-new app and Updated once there's been more than one version. This will also show the Store it came from if it was published to a team.
• Screenshots of the app in action.
• A What's New section with the latest release notes, and a Version History link to see how the app has changed over time. See Updates.
• The App Description explaining what the app does in full.

Install an App

Click Install on an app straight from the Store, or open its detail page. Once installed, the button becomes Open, and the app appears in the Installed Apps tab in the sidebar, where you can launch it any time. It's also added to your /Applications folder.

Update and Uninstall

When an author publishes a new version of an app, the Update button shows on the app's Store detail page. You can also update apps you have installed from the Installed Apps tab in the sidebar, where apps with updates available show in a separate Updates Available group.

To remove an installed app, open the Installed Apps tab, right-click the app, and click Uninstall. You can reinstall it later from the Store whenever you like.