Go to the App Store and download the installer - but don't run it. Copy that installer application to a USB drive and take it to the slow mac. The slow Mac probably needs a back up and possible Disk Utility to repair the catalog structure. 1) Open App Store, then go to the app you wish to download, let the screen there and open a terminal window: 2) Type the command below to open your computer's host files (This files store a sort of list relating ip's to domains) sudo nano /etc/hosts: 3) On the file add the following entry at the end of the file: 127.0.0.1 osxapps.itunes.apple.com. The Fix a Slow Mac App Store guide gives you an easy-to-use and efficient management and Fix a Slow Mac App Store allows you to focus on the most important things. It’s friendly guide to use maybe you will love it and Fix a Slow Mac App Store tutorial can be used on Linux, Windows or android devices. The download was drastically slow compared to my internet download speed. Try this fix it worked for me: Go to the app store/ Updates and pause the download Go to the app store/ Purchased and log in if you are not already logged in.
However, I noticed something: the Mac App Store was terribly slow, unusually unresponsive when compared to the same Mac App Store running on my 2008 MacBook Pro and 2009 iMac. I asked on Twitter, and lots of people seemed to share my frustrations with “beachballs”, slow loading times, and general bugginess of the program.
After the OS X 10.6.7 update was issued, I noticed that the Mac App Store was much slower to respond. The app itself launched quickly, but the majority of the window remained a solid light-gray for a minute or two. Moving the mouse cursor over it revealed a spinning beach-ball. My first thought was that the Mac App Store had somehow crashed and, right-clicking on it’s icon in the Dock showed a “Force Quit” item that seemed to support that thought.
However, if I was patient and waited a minute or two, it started working correctly until I clicked on one of the buttons at the top to move to Update or Categories or, well, you get the point. It then went back to a spinning beach-ball for another few moments. Patience rewarded me with it going back to normal, though it was frustrating trying to just check for updates, let alone trying to look at new apps where the process repeated itself.
A bit of research showed that I wasn’t alone and that many others were experiencing the same thing. Per the suggested fixes, I repaired permissions with Disk Utility, downloaded and reinstalled the 10.6.7 Combo Updater, but the problem remained.
There was one other mentioned “solution” and that is to disable the Certificate Revocation List in Keychain Access’ preferences. I say it’s a “solution” only in that it does let the Mac App Store return to its originally snappy performance, but I’m not a fan of disabling security solely to run an app. So, I’ve written a small Applescript that I launch immediately before running the Mac App Store. It disables the Certificate Revocation List (using the UNIX defaults write command), displays a dialog window that suggests I turn it back on as soon as possible, and presents me with two buttons (“Leave OFF and exit” and “Turn ON and exit”). I then run the Mac App Store, run my updates or look at new apps, exit the Mac App Store, and then go back to the Applescript dialog window and click the “Turn ON and exit” button that re-enables the Certificate Revocation List.
This allows me to use the Mac App Store without the long waits, while turning off the Certificate Revocation List for the shortest amount of time.
The Applescript is below. As always make sure you create a backup of your original com.apple.security.revocation.plist file before you run it the first time, in case you mis-typed the Applescript. Once I created the CRL_off_on.scpt file and verified it worked, I then did a save-as and saved it as an .app to my Desktop to I’d have quick access to it. If you add a comment with your email address, indicating that you’d like a copy of the Applescript, I’ll be glad to email it to you.
Shady developers stealing assets from other developers and selling them on the iOS App Store isn't a new phenomenon. But what if that same thing happened on the Mac App Store, and instead of just repackaging certain assets, the shady developer ripped off the entire app and sold it for cheap, keeping the profits for himself? That's what those behind a game calledLugaru HD, Wolfire Games, are saying has happened to them, and so far, Apple has done little to help.
Lugaru HD is a combat game involving a 'rebel bunny rabbit' that is on a mission to exact revenge on those who slaughtered his village. The app is available through Steam for both Mac and PC, but recently joined the Mac App Store at $9.99 per download. Shortly thereafter, another company going by 'iCoder' uploaded an identical version of the game—this time named Lugaru—and priced it at $1.99. Since the games are otherwise identical and there's no indication that it was ripped off, it's easy to see how regular users would choose to pay for the cheaper, counterfeit option.
'While piracy is a fact of life for all game developers, this Mac app store scam is a different beast entirely. Apple is billing the Mac App Store as the place to buy Mac software. It is auto-installed in your dock. It is listed in the Apple menu,' the Wolfire team wrote on the company blog. 'We expect pirated copies of games to be available in shady corners of the internet, but not in well-known digital distribution channels with famously long review processes.'
AdvertisementThe Wolfire team told Ars that they contacted Apple on January 31, but did not hear back until today (February 3) when Apple told them that they had 'contacted the developer of the application.' Wolfire developer Jeff Rosen told Ars that he hopes that Apple will remove the ripped-off version of the app soon, but 'even if they removed it tomorrow, I would be still be unsatisfied.'
Rosen went on to point out that Wolfire is a visible gaming company with lots of support from both inside and outside Apple, but smaller developers likely wouldn't be so lucky if put in the same situation. 'I wouldn't be surprised if there are many counterfeit apps lurking on the Mac App Store, perhaps under different names,' Rosen told Ars. 'The [counterfeit] developers are slowly collecting money, with Apple taking their 30 percent cut.'
Indeed, it's off-putting that such an obvious ripoff would be able to make its way through Apple's supposedly vigorous review process without any flags being raised. The only mechanism for addressing this kind of copying is for developers to contact Apple on a per-incident basis and wait for a resolution.
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iCoder, for its part, has remained mostly silent about the issue aside from a cryptic comment to Kotaku. 'While we do understand [Wolfire's] regrets, this does not change the fact that we have every legal right to market and sell the software,' iCoder's Alex Matlin said.
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Wolfire believes Matlin is referring to the GPL nature of the apps packaged in the recent Humble Indie Bundle, resulting in Lugaru HD's source code being published. '[T]he license made it very clear that the authors retained all rights to the assets, characters, and everything else aside from the code itself,' the company wrote. 'It's as legal for them to sell Lugaru as it would be for them to sell Quake 3, Marathon, Aquaria, or Arx Fatalis. That is to say, it is completely illegal.'