Q: Can't update Xcode – "You have updates available for other accounts" and other errors.
I have 2 Macs, a 2008 Mac Pro running 10.8.5 and a 2009 MacBook Pro running 10.9.0, soon to be downgraded to 10.8.5. I can't install the Xcode update on either Mac, and I can't update MacTracker on my Mac Pro, which suggests that no updates work at all.
When I try to update, it says "You have updates available for other accounts" and "Sign in to ________ to update applications for that account." I'm already signed into that account. I tried logging out, closing the App Store, and logging back in. Then I tried logging out of both the App Store and iTunes as per a fix I found online, and it gave me "Unknown error" once I tried to update.
Is there a fix for this or at least a regular .pkg I can just install? Honestly, it's easier to update stuff in Debian Linux than on OS X 10.8 and up now.
Posted on Mar 15, 2014 11:35 AM
Alright, I went through all of those steps, skipping #3, then I tried the Spotlight thing, then I went back to #3 after I tried all of them without any success (except #9). Not a real fix for the problem, but it's good enough for me... I deleted Xcode and emptied the trash, but the App Store thought that I still had it and wouldn't let me reinstall! Then I remembered reading somewhere that the App Store will think that you have Xcode if there is another Xcode somewhere that Spotlight indexes besides your Applications folder. I have a clone drive connected that has Xcode on it, so I dismounted it, and it suddenly disappeared from the App Store's updates section. Now I'm reinstalling it, but perhaps the clone drive is what was causing the problem in the first place.
Not sure what's going on with the MacBook Pro, but I'll have to clean it out first because I don't even have enough hard drive space for the update anymore.
Also, thanks Carolyn Samit for the tip about MacTracker. I always had issues with it and the App Store... too bad because it always has updates.
Posted on Mar 19, 2014 9:49 PM