Every Mac user definitely knows about what the App Store really is. The virtual store allows you to buy different mac games and mac apps with a single tap usingTouch Bar feature introduced in MacBook Pro.
With the latest Touch ID feature introduced in 2016 MacBook Pro, the users can now buy apps and games with fingerprint recognition. It also allows you to access all the content which needs your password for Apple ID by recognizing your fingerprints as you tap the Touch Bar. So, the device has become quite intelligent and it recognizes you everytime you use it. This doesn’t just make the process simpler by letting you download your favorite games and best mac apps, you don’t either have to worry about making those long and complex passwords for your Apple ID and then remembering them for as long as you want to use the Apple ID.
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- How To Find Content In Mac App Store Using Touch Bar
- How To Purchase Something On Mac App Store Using Touch ID
- How To Make Customizations in Touch Bar For App Store
So, with Touch ID coming with fingerprint recognition, what options do you have to use Touch Bar with your Mac App Store and how effectively you can use it? Here we have listed a few things that you can do on Mac App Store using Touch Bar feature and, hopefully, you’ll like it.
How To Find Content In Mac App Store Using Touch Bar
Just open Mac App Store on your MacBookPro and the very first thing you get to notice is Touch Bar that features different tabs on a list. All you need is a simple tap for switching between Top Charts, Featured, Purchased, Categoriesand Updates tabs.So, just tap on the tab under which your desired content may be lying in order to switch to it and access whatever you are looking for.
If you have a certain title in your mind, you can tap on Search icon and initiate your own search. As you tap the icon, you’ll be taken to search bar directly for typing whatever you are looking for. Type it and find your desired content.
How To Purchase Something On Mac App Store Using Touch ID
Though there are only a handful of things that Touch Bar can do in Mac App Store, however, Touch ID extends its functionality a great deal. It allows you to buy items, check the account settings and do a lot more only with a few taps of your finger. So, let’s dig into how you can purchase something on Mac App Store using Touch ID.
- Launch App Store on your MacBook Pro
- Select the Mac App you’re in search of
- Click on buy
- Enter password of your Apple ID when asked
- You will then be asked if you’d like to use the Touch ID for any future purchases, tap “Yes”
The next time you’ll want to buy something on App Store, you’ll be able to use TouchID feature to buy anything and won’t be prompted to enter the password of your Apple ID any more.
How To Make Customizations in Touch Bar For App Store
Well, unfortunately, this is one thing that you can’t do. Apple could have done better for designing TouchBar for apps. There could be some sub-menus that could have been added to make it special.
For instance, a cool feature would have been that secondary tools list that could appear when viewing the summary page of certain apps. The tools list could include things like copy app link, share it on social media, etc.
So, we hope that Apple will introduce something like that with its next update. But until then we can’t customize the Touch Bar.