Apple nixes nearly a dozen sections from Mac App Store’s Categories tab

Apple has quietly removed equally many equally xi sections from the Categories tab institute on Mac App Store, including Finance, Medical, Travel too Education.

It’s unclear what prompted the Cupertino theatre to zilch well-nigh a dozen frequently-used sections from the Categories tab, but it straightaway lists but 10 categories versus the 21 categories it had when an overhauled Mac App Store launched with macOS Mojave inwards September 2018.

MacRumors reports that the missing categories include:

• Education


• Entertainment


• Finance


• Health & Fitness


• Lifestyle


• Medical


• News


• Reference


• Sports


• Travel


• Weather

Following this change, the Categories tab is straightaway downwardly to these 10 sections:

• Business


• Developer Tools


• Games


• Graphics & Design


• Music


• Photography


• Productivity


• Social Networking


• Utilities


• Video

Apple Support has confirmed on Twitter that this is expected behavior, but didn’t item why those categories were nixed from the Mac App Store’s Categories tab inwards the starting fourth dimension place.

OK, thanks. As it turns out, what y'all are noticing is expected behavior. We ever appreciate hearing client feedback. You tin live on out your thoughts here: https://t.co/eTPVYVFyd8

— Apple Support (@AppleSupport) November 1, 2018

As per Apple’s documentation, developers tin assign a desired category to their apps.

This is peculiarly of import equally that’s where users uncovering an app when they browse a specific category or filter search results, addition it too determines placement inwards the Categories tab.

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