New Regulations for Developers

Developers for the Mac App Store now have an updated set of regulations and recommendations for their new apps. This update addresses developers who are planning on releasing trial, demo (lite), and beta versions of apps on the Mac App Store. Apple is recommending that developers not submit apps of these types as they will most likely be rejected. Developers are still welcome to distribute software of this type on their own.

Your website is the best place to provide demos, trial versions, or betas of your software for customers to explore. The apps you submit to be reviewed for the Mac App Store should be fully functional, retail versions of your apps.

Apple is also verifying that apps are storing files related to the apps in the proper locations on the user's hard drive, preventing a chaotic storm of files scattered around the hard drive of frequent app downloaders.

The move away from demo and trial versions is a big change from the current scene seen on the current App Store. Many of the top downloads are trials for top selling apps. Who hasn't purchased a copy of Angry Birds or Cut The Rope because they fell in love with the five level demo? It will be interesting to see if this affects sales in any significant manner.

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