

However, the application goes above and beyond that by profiling desktops, notebooks, servers, mobile devices and peripherals as well as iOS and Mac OS X software releases. The application seems to truly cover all bases and dates all the way back to the Macintosh 128K which was launched in January 1984.Ĭonsidering the company has such a long list of computer releases in its history, you’d be forgiven for think that Mactracker provides enough information just by curating that list. Mactracker offers a nostalgic trip down Apple memory lane by providing in depth details on every Apple computer ever made with full technical specifications including things like processor speed, memory details, graphics card, optical drives, supported OS versions, expansion options and much much more.

Once such free application falls under the ‘Reference’ category, developed by Ian Page and is known as ‘Mactracker’. As with the iOS App Store, MAS contains some outstanding software releases and also some not so good pieces of kit which should be avoided, but it also offers a large selection of free and commercial software. One of the great things about the store is the total convenience that it provides to consumer, with software titles broken down and users being able to sift through them using the search function or by filtering applications out by category, popularity or price. The Mac App Store offers digital downloads of software in similar fashion to the iOS application outlet but contains software designed and developed for machines running Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later.

Opened officially in January 2011, it celebrated its first birthday last month and has been an extremely successful outlet for Apple in those twelve months. The Mac App Store is still in its infancy when compared to its older brother, the iOS App Store.
