If you somehow missed the news, yesterday the Mac App Store went live (somewhat earlier than the midday ET that had been rumored, which caused an amusing all-hands-on-deck scramble in the TUAW newsroom!), and as you’d expect, we were right there in the thick of it reporting the news as it broke. If you missed some or all of our posts, never fear — here’s what you need to know to get caught up on Apple’s latest assault on your wallet.
First off, the basics. We showed you how to find the Mac App Store (including the useful tip that you can get to it from the Apple menu if you remove it from the Dock), a gallery of the basic UI and another one walking you through the app downloading experience. We were also happy to see that the store itself is its own app, rather than yet another thing crammed into iTunes. A big launch-day release exclusive to the Mac App Store was Twitter (formerly Tweetie) v2.0, and Steve took a look and liked what he saw.
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