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Jeff Campbell
01-10-2011, 11:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macworld.com/article/156651/2011/01/macappstore_updates.html?lsrc=nl_mwnws_h_crawl' target='_blank'>http://www.macworld.com/article/156...l_mwnws_h_crawl</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"How do software updates for purchased apps work? That's among the many questions users have about the Mac App Store. With the Mac App Store just over a day old, updates for purchased apps are already appearing in the Store."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1294520186.usr105634.jpg" style="margin-left: 50px; margin-right: 50px;" /></p><p>The unknown is now not so unknown as some updates are coming through the Mac App Store already. It is probably not a big shock to find out that it is similar to how the iOS App Store updates your mobile device. Go into the App Store and you will see a notification icon with the number of apps that need updating. Click on it and you go into a screen very similar to what you see with your iOS updates. I didn't think it would be much different but in case you were wondering, well, now you know.&nbsp;</p>