Saagar Jha > On Aug 13, 2018, at 13:40, Martin Wierschin <mar...@nisus.com> wrote: > >> So does this mean that the new Mac App Store will allow for upgrade payments >> or recurring payments? > > You never know. It’s always possible there are MAS enhancements coming to > help facilitate paid updates. Or maybe more permissible guidelines from Apple > regarding subscriptions. But I won’t be holding my breath. > > There’s probably ugly workarounds you can do using in-app purchases, to > transform a purchased app into a new version via an IAP, but that would be > quite contrived and burdensome to implement. Developers are already using > IAPs for similar purposes, like free limited-time demos, but that's also not > exactly what I’d call a perfect solution for these kinds of needs. > > Well, I was hoping I had missed some nice automatic way to import a sandbox > container from a prior version of my app, but I suppose there isn’t. I’ll > probably just have to bother the user with an alert and folder selection > dialog.
Perhaps you could put both apps in an app group, so they get access to the same sandbox container? > > ~Martin Wierschin > > >> On Aug 13, 2018, at 1:08 PM, Richard Charles <rcharles...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On Aug 13, 2018, at 10:17 AM, Martin Wierschin <mar...@nisus.com> wrote: >>> >>> The new version is to be a paid upgrade, which I know the MAS doesn't >>> really support. >> >> It has been reported that Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Lightroom are >> coming to the new Mac App Store. Those apps surely are not single time >> payment apps. So does this mean that the new Mac App Store will allow for >> upgrade payments or recurring payments? Perhaps Apple, Microsoft and Adobe >> know the answer to that question but are not telling anyone. >> >> --Richard Charles >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/saagar%40saagarjha.com > > This email sent to saa...@saagarjha.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
