A $10 app nets Apple $3 and the developer gets only $7.
Here’s why Apple sets OS X to disallow 3rd-party apps by default, for those who like to understand why things work as they do.Ĭynics will say that Apple does this because they don’t get a 30% cut from applications bought directly from third-party apps instead of their curated app store. If you don’t care about why this works, skip to the next section. Why Can’t I Install 3rd-Party Apps By Default? We’ll show users how to set the security settings in Security & Privacy section of the OS X System Preferences using any version of OS X after Mountain Lion so they can install downloaded apps from outside the Mac App Store. When someone downloads an app from somewhere other than the Mac App Store they will get one of a few warning messages depending on what security settings they’ve set in System Preferences. Starting with OS X Mountain Lion, Apple introduced Gatekeeper so users couldn’t easily install downloaded apps from outside the Mac App Store.
