Your mom just bought a Macbook and has no idea how to use it. She needs to update the Apple Wallet app in order to pay her credit card bill. What is the BEST way for mom to update the app?
Delete the app and reinstall it
Navigate to apple.com and download the latest .app bundle
Run brew install apple.wallet --update
Find the app in the App Store and download/install any updates
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While there are certainly ways to update and install apps outside of the App Store, you should stick to the official App Store for updates and installs whenever possible. Particularly when dealing with someone who is less technical.
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The App Store (also known as the Mac App Store) is a digital distribution platform for macOS apps, often referred to as Mac apps, created and maintained by Apple Inc. The platform was announced on October 20, 2010, at Apple's "Back to the Mac" event. Apple began accepting app submissions from registered developers on November 3, 2010, in preparation for its launch.The Mac App Store was launched on January 6, 2011, as part of the free Mac OS X 10.6.6 update for all current Snow Leopard users. After 24 hours of release, Apple announced that there were over one million downloads.
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