Editing Talk:Mac App Store (section)

== Article should be renamed, and further linked to it's mobile counterpart. ==

The article should clearly be renamed, as the program is only called the "App Store" on the dashboard, NOT the "Mac App Store". To be consistent with the other App Store article, it should be called "App Store(Mac)" as the other article is called "App Store(iOS)" and that would make things much more consistent and less confusing. There should also be a "for the iOS version of the store, see App Store(iOS)" thing at the top, and the iOS article should also be connected here at it's top as well, with the same notation.[[User:Colliric|Colliric]] ([[User talk:Colliric|talk]]) 06:15, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
:{{ping|Colliric}} I believe that "Mac App Store" is actually the correct name. [http://www.apple.com/osx/apps/app-store.html Apple's promo page about the Mac App Store] includes lines like "With the '''Mac App Store''' built into OS X, getting the apps you want has never been easier" as well as has the header text "The Mac App Store". Compare this with [http://www.apple.com/iphone-5s/app-store/ Apple's promo page about the iOS App Store], which just calls it the App Store ("The '''App Store''' has the best selection of mobile apps"). '''[[User:Theopolisme|<span style="color:#232323;">Theopolisme</span>]] <span style="color:#4F4F4F;">([[User talk:Theopolisme|<span style="color:#4F4F4F;">talk</span>]])</span>''' 16:04, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
::You are correct. Not only is "Mac App Store" the common name, it's actually the official name as evidenced by Apples own web site. That's kind of a double edged sword. The only evidence presented is that it says "App Store" on the Mac dashboard. That's not good enough.I couldn't move it back myself so I asked for a technical move back to the original name. That does not mean that an RM could not be requested however. [[User:Jojhutton|<span style="color:#A81933;">JOJ</span>]] [[User talk:Jojhutton|<sup style="color:#CC9900;">Hutton</sup>]] 16:47, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
::: I can see that, yes. However it also specifically states "The Mac App Store is just like the App Store for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch", meaning that it IS indeed ment to be interpreted as "Mac (version of the) App Store", hence if the name is changed back, it still needs to be linked to the "other version" at the top of the page, as Apple considers it the Mac version of the App Store, and on the computer itself it doesn't specifically say "Mac App Store" only says "App Store". [[User:Colliric|Colliric]] ([[User talk:Colliric|talk]]) 21:34, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
:::: Yes, the [[WP:hatnote|hatnote]] is currently there ("For the iOS version of the software, see App Store (iOS).") and vice versa on the iOS article ("For the OS X desktop app store, see Mac App Store."). The correct title for this article is "Mac App Store" (per above) and the correct title for the iOS article is "App Store (iOS)", so I think we're a-ok here. Thanks, '''[[User:Theopolisme|<span style="color:#232323;">Theopolisme</span>]] <span style="color:#4F4F4F;">([[User talk:Theopolisme|<span style="color:#4F4F4F;">talk</span>]])</span>''' 22:51, 16 November 2013 (UTC)

I strongly disagree, as the two stores are for entirely different platforms. --[[User:Pauldunahoo|Pauldunahoo]] ([[User talk:Pauldunahoo|talk]]) 20:46, 1 December 2013 (UTC)

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Apple seems to be rebranding it into App Store now. In Sierra, they dropped the “Mac” from several places now, e.g. Gatekeeper settings, App Store settings.–Totie ([[User talk:Totie#top|talk]]) 17:14, 5 January 2017 (UTC)