sengguohong

Q: How do I change the apple id to update apps from Appstore on mac

Hi, can somebody please help me?

Last time, I was using my father's apple id for the appstore on my macbook pro. (Now, i have my own apple id.) Sometimes when there's apps that i want to update, a window would pop out to ask me to sign into my father's apple id, but i want to update the apps using my own apple id. Is there anything i could do to use my own apple id to update the apps? Please help me!

App Store, OS X Mavericks (10.9), App Store on MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 9:49 AM

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  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Dec 31, 2014 11:19 AM in response to hellums
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    Dec 31, 2014 11:19 AM in response to hellums

    Why don't you just "gift" the app to them? All you need to know is their email address....

     

    GB

  • by Big_Kahuna_of_Training,

    Big_Kahuna_of_Training Big_Kahuna_of_Training Jan 5, 2015 12:58 PM in response to gail from maine
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    Jan 5, 2015 12:58 PM in response to gail from maine

    Excellent solution. Gold star for you Gail!!

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Jan 5, 2015 2:14 PM in response to Big_Kahuna_of_Training
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    Jan 5, 2015 2:14 PM in response to Big_Kahuna_of_Training

    Thanks BKoT!!!

     

    GB

  • by nicholasej,

    nicholasej nicholasej Feb 5, 2015 10:41 AM in response to Dah•veed
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    Feb 5, 2015 10:41 AM in response to Dah•veed

    so let me understand, after yosemite, iphoto have an update, with a apple id that I dont have the password, dont know the secret answers, and the password retriever email, no longer exists because it was a random generated gmail mail.

    I cant even use the unupdated iphoto? I mean, I have over 6000 pictures over there.

    Need help.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Feb 5, 2015 12:29 PM in response to nicholasej
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    Feb 5, 2015 12:29 PM in response to nicholasej

    If you can't remember the Security Questions, contact Apple Support to have them reset:

     

    ACCOUNT SECURITY CONTACT NUMBERS

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by Terry_N,

    Terry_N Terry_N Feb 11, 2015 4:17 AM in response to sengguohong
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    Feb 11, 2015 4:17 AM in response to sengguohong

    If the software in question is something your Apple ID has also already "purchased" (including for free), it seems you can re-associate the already installed app with your Apple ID without senselessly deleting and re-downloading by doing the following:

     

    1. If necessary, log the previous Apple ID out of App Store. Store menu > View my account ([whomever previous user]). Then click the Sign Out button in the resulting prompt for that Apple ID's password. (If the Store menu contains no "View my account" item, but instead a "Sign in", go to the next step.)
    2. Click Purchases at the top.
    3. Log in with your Apple ID.
    4. Click 'upgrade' next to the installed app you want to upgrade using your own license.

     

    From that point forward, I'm guessing that app will be associated with your Apple ID, the one most recently used to install an update to it. (I won't be able to test that until they release another update, however. ) Also, obviously this procedure might only work if an update is available, but I'm guessing that's the case for most people who've found their way here. )

     

    And David (Dah-veed), drop the attitude. Hate to break it to you, but your sh*t does stink.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Feb 11, 2015 7:01 AM in response to Terry_N
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    Feb 11, 2015 7:01 AM in response to Terry_N

    That may work for free apps (don't know), but it won't work for paid apps. If a paid app was purchased by another Apple ID and you now want it associated with your current Apple ID, you have to buy it under that Apple ID.

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Feb 11, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Terry_N
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    Feb 11, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Terry_N

    Terry_N wrote:

     

    If the software in question is something your Apple ID has also already "purchased" (including for free), it seems you can re-associate the already installed app with your Apple ID without senselessly deleting and re-downloading by doing the following:

     

    1. If necessary, log the previous Apple ID out of App Store. Store menu > View my account ([whomever previous user]). Then click the Sign Out button in the resulting prompt for that Apple ID's password. (If the Store menu contains no "View my account" item, but instead a "Sign in", go to the next step.)
    2. Click Purchases at the top.
    3. Log in with your Apple ID.
    4. Click 'upgrade' next to the installed app you want to upgrade using your own license.

     

    From that point forward, I'm guessing that app will be associated with your Apple ID, the one most recently used to install an update to it. (I won't be able to test that until they release another update, however. ) Also, obviously this procedure might only work if an update is available, but I'm guessing that's the case for most people who've found their way here. )

     

    And David (Dah-veed), drop the attitude. Hate to break it to you, but your sh*t does stink.

    Nope.  Apps are forever tied to the Apple Id that bought / downloaded them

     

    That can never be changed no matter what you do.  Whether Free or Paid it does not matter, they work the same way.

     

    They are licensed to an Apple Id and only that Apple Id can be used to update them.

  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed Feb 11, 2015 9:48 AM in response to Terry_N
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    Feb 11, 2015 9:48 AM in response to Terry_N

    Cardinal rule of ASC, test the advice that you give BEFORE posting. Then you don't look like the giant cow pie that you are.

     

    Phil0124 has pointed out the big fly buzzing your pie. Only the apps bought with an Apple ID will appear in the Purchases pane when signed into the MAS with that Apple ID, no others. You cannot change content licensing from one Apple ID to another. The Apple ID is encoded into the licensed copy, it's in its DNA.

  • by Buffsbluff,

    Buffsbluff Buffsbluff Feb 11, 2015 11:31 AM in response to ChewbaccaFreak
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    Feb 11, 2015 11:31 AM in response to ChewbaccaFreak

    I'd just like to confirm that ChewbaccaFreak's advice works a treat. After much faffing around this issue I deleted the offending apps that had hitherto called for a username and password that I no longer employed before updating. Simple but effective.

  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed Feb 11, 2015 11:39 AM in response to Buffsbluff
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    Feb 11, 2015 11:39 AM in response to Buffsbluff

    You realize that you aren't really "updating" apps with this process? You are deleting the licensed copy bought with the old Apple ID and buying the most recent version available with the new Apple ID, the same as someone who never had this app before.

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Feb 11, 2015 11:51 AM in response to Buffsbluff
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    Feb 11, 2015 11:51 AM in response to Buffsbluff

    As has been said several times in this thread. Yes deleting the Apps and buying/downloading them again with the new Apple Id, licenses these Apps to the new Apple ID.

     

    However, this is not a workaround, its simply the way it works. you are not doing anything to the old Apps, they are still assigned to the old account.

     

    You are simply obtaining new copies of said apps that are now licensed to the new Apple ID.

  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed Feb 11, 2015 12:01 PM in response to Phil0124
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    Feb 11, 2015 12:01 PM in response to Phil0124

    Exactly, and if it's a paid app, it will have to be purchased again by the new Apple ID. Which can be an expensive proposition if you bought a lot of paid apps with the former/previous/abandoned Apple ID.

  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Feb 11, 2015 1:14 PM in response to Dah•veed
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    Feb 11, 2015 1:14 PM in response to Dah•veed

    Yup

  • by guerjam,

    guerjam guerjam Feb 19, 2015 7:35 AM in response to sengguohong
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    Feb 19, 2015 7:35 AM in response to sengguohong

    Something is definitely wrong.  In my specific case there are two apps that I installed using my apple id (and I'm sure of it) which have updates available in the app store.  However, when I attempt to update them, I'm prompted for my wife's apple id.  Her id was not the one that originally installed them so I'm not sure how this is possible. 

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