Unless you haven’t been following news today, you’re by now aware that this Friday marks the Mac’s 30th anniversary. Apple is celebrating the occasion by taking over its own homepage with a nice interactive timeline of all Mac models, along with a cool poll and a heartwarming video to go with it.
The company’s Apple Stores are also taking part in the festivities with Mac-themed window displays.
And now, a store of another kind, the Mac App Store, has joined the celebration with a brand new ‘Happy Birthday, Mac’ section highlighting a cherry-picked selection of free/paid apps and games that “capture the spirit of what makes this computer so extraordinary”…
Here’s from Apple:
When the Macintosh debuted on January 24, 1984, it fundamentally changed what a compute was – and what it could do.
Software developers had an incredible new playground for their imaginations, allowing them to create groundbreaking apps and games unlike any seen before.
And that’s just as true of the Mac today as it was then. Celebrate the Mac’s 30the anniversary with our specially chosen assortment of apps and games that capture the spirit of what makes this computer so extraordinary.
Here’s a list of all apps and games Apple lists:
Apps Made by Apple
- OS X Mavericks
- iPhoto
- iMovie
- GarageBand
- Pages
- Numbers
- Keynote
- Aperture
- Final Cut Pro
- Logic Pro X
Unforgettable Apps
- Evernote
- Day One
- 1Password
- Wunderlist
- Pixelmator
- DaisyDisk
- OmniGraffle 6
- Skitch
- Fantastical
- Things
- MacFamilyTree 7
- Acorn 4
- Comic Life 3
- Alfred
- SketchBook Pro 6
- djay
- Capo 3
- Hype 2
- Kaleidoscope
- iBank 5
- Delicious Library 3
- Snapheal
- Paprika Recipe Manager
- Coda 2
- Scrivener
- PDFpenPro 6
- iStopMotion 3
- Gemini: The Duplicate Finder
- Sandvox
- GraphicConverter 9
Amazing Games
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- BioShock Infinite
- Tomb Raider
- Civilization V: Campaign Edition
- LEGO The Lord of the Rings
- Batman Arkham City GOTY
- Company of Heroes Complete: Campaign Edition
- Borderlands 2
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Metro: Last Night
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition
- Braid
- Bastion
- Rayman Origins
- KAMI
- Strata
- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery
- Max Payne 3
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition
- Sid Meier’s Pirates!
- Sky Gamblers – Cold War
- Napoleon: Total War – Gold Edition
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Tropico 4: Gold Edition
- Gone Home
- Peggle
- LIMBO
- Bejeweled 3
- SpellTower
See anything you like?
What other apps and games you’d highlight if you were Apple?