Stop The Mac App Store

Stop The Mac App Store is an app for macOS 11 Big Sur or later that automatically handles Mac App Store URLs instead of App Store app. If you allow Safari to open a Mac App Store URL in Stop The Mac App Store, the app's page will then open in App Store. This lets you stop App Store from automatically opening. Stop The Mac App Store also works with Safari Technology Preview.

On macOS Catalina or Mojave, this functionality is included in version 2.2 of StopTheNews.

Installing

1. Download the latest release.
2. Unzip the downloaded .zip file.
3. Move Stop The Mac App Store.app to your Applications folder.
4. Open Stop The Mac App Store.app.
5. Quit Stop The Mac App Store.app.

Uninstalling

1. Move Stop The Mac App Store.app to the Trash.

Building

Building Stop The Mac App Store from source requires Xcode 12 or later.

Before building, you need to create a file named DEVELOPMENT_TEAM.xcconfig in the project folder (the same folder as Shared.xcconfig). This file is excluded from version control by the project's .gitignore file, and it's not referenced in the Xcode project either. The file specifies the build setting for your Development Team, which is needed by Xcode to code sign the app. The entire contents of the file should be of the following format:

DEVELOPMENT_TEAM = [Your TeamID]

Author

Jeff Johnson

To support the author, you can PayPal.Me or buy the Safari extension StopTheMadness in the Mac App Store.

Copyright

Stop The Mac App Store is Copyright © 2021 Jeff Johnson. All rights reserved.

License

See the LICENSE.txt file for details.