Card application in the Mac App Store

Now that the reader knows all the various sections making up the Mac App Store, you can show how to install a new application.

So, let the games section and select a free application at will. Take, for example, play free fantastic 4 in a row which is the classic game of Connect Four identified by this icon:

As we can see the representation shown in the screenshot gives us much information about the application. And 'This application title (the words in bold), the developer's name (in our case EnsenaSoft), the approval rate of users (expressed as the number of stars), the number of reviews for this application, and finally the price (in our case the application is free and is identified with the word free).

By clicking the application icon or title, go to the Store page dedicated to the application that we want to download. Even in this case the page is organized in a very intuitive and it is possible to identify some key parts.

At the top of the window, as you can see from the screenshot below

We have again expanded the application icon, the text description of the application (as you can see the text is truncated, simply click on More ... to see the rest of the description) and two links: one pointing to the home page the developer's site and one that points to the page dedicated to the application developer's website.

Continuing the analysis of the page we see that the central part is occupied by the screenshots of the application that give you a rough idea of ​​the interface. The number of screenshots that a developer can enter the page of the store is limited, so if you are unsure about buying because you want to maybe see some more screen application, it is recommended to visit the web page dedicated to 'application on the developer's website. This is because, typically, the application pages are full of additional descriptions, screenshots and video of the running application provides the user with more information on the application.

On the right side of the page we find the box on the application of technical information as you can see in the screenshot below:

The first entries are easily guessed, but I would like to dwell a moment on the item and rating requirements. The first indicates the minimum age recommended for the use of the application (it is identical to the number that can be found on the packaging of video games), while the second indicates which version of the operating system has been tested and found fully functional application . If you have a version of the operating system older than the one indicated it is not said that the application works correctly.

Under the box shown above we find a published application on the store by the same developer that you are viewing right now.

This box is very useful as it allows, very quickly, to keep an eye on the rapidly finding applications developer of applications, the same kind that we're low, we may be of interest. In this case, if we are lovers of the classic games, reading the box developer will see that there is also a trio of game that we can decide to buy.

In the bottom of the page instead of the reviews are done by users who have already purchased the application. The reviews are an excellent tool for evaluating the application, especially when the number is considerable. After the purchase we can we assess the application by selecting the number of stars and write a short review text.

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