App Store doesn't detect many downloaded app (and doesn't show updates)

As my previous post I solved by uninstalling and reinstalling apps.

But…for apps that require a lot of downloaded data (Outlook for example) if you delete the app you have to download the entire data and restore all settings.

I found a way to avoid this, the steps are te follows, I take Outlook for example:

• On finder properties, enable the file extensions
• Go to application folder
• Select "Microsoft Outlook.app" , remove the extension and add a suffix (Microsoft Outlook.app > "Microsoft Outlook_old”
• Download Outlook from App Store
• Open Outlook
• Delete the renamed app “Microsoft Outlook_old” and delete it from recycle bin
• That's all

Bye

Dear i_rina thank-you very much for your reply.

As your instructions I rebooted in safe mode and manually downloaded all unlinked apps, then I restarted in normal mode.

I opened and closed two times the App Store and unfortunately all the apps I downloaded in safe mode are unlinked again.

Any others suggest?

thank-you and best regards

Hello and thanks for your reply.

The reinstallation of the entire OS is the extreme solution, I know. But I want to try other ways before, if I'll find the solution I'll update this post.

Thanks and best regards

Hi,

after uninstall and reinstall of the apps the problem has been solved.

Hope this is useful for other users