Apple will no longer remove Mac app it threatened to remove over branding

A popular, six-year-old Mac app was about to get axed in a few days over its name and branding, which Apple claims breaches its App Store guidelines. The tech giant backtracks its decision and allows Amphetamine to stay on the Mac App Store. Amphetamine is a free Mac app that lets users keep their machine awake for a set amount of time. This highly-rated app was launched back in 2014 and has been downloaded over 432,000 times. 

For unknown reasons, Apple decided the app violates its guidelines. Its developer William Gustafson posted an extensive report on GitHub sharing about how an Apple representative reached out to say his app will be removed from the Mac App Store on January 12, 2021, if he didn't make changes to the app.

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Microsoft brings its To-Do app to the Mac

Apple users finally gain access to Microsoft’s To-Do app. It’ll let users work offline, view upcoming tasks under the “My Day” section, see flagged emails, and share to-do lists with others. It doesn’t fully integrate with Microsoft Planner, but we’re expecting that to come soon. This cross syncs with the other iterations of the Microsoft To-Do app on iOS, Android, Windows, and online. The app also syncs with Outlook, so if you rely heavily on the said email client, you might appreciate this addition. To-Do for Mac is available for download on the Mac App Store now.

Source: Engadget

Lost Photos helps uncover forgotten photos in your email

We are pretty sure you have a bunch of photos you haven’t seen in a while buried under piles of online newsletters and work and personal emails. Now, you can recover these lost memories with Lost Photos for the Mac. The app scans and shows the photos stored in messages kept on popular IMAP email services, such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, iCloud, etc. You can download the photos to view, archive, and even share online on your social networks. The app is available for free and exclusively on the Mac App Store.

Apple Mac Store hits 10,000 available apps

There are apparently over10,000 apps available in the Mac App Store making it the biggest and fastest growing computer software store online. Independent sources tallied up the app market. Reports from MacGeneration and Macrumors have both reported that the store now offers over 10,000 apps for purchase and download to Mac computers. It is good to see a thriving Mac OS developer community for the desktop and not just for the hugely popular mobile devices.

Sources: Macrumors and Macgeneration via Cnet