We could not complete your purchase. in App Store

When I try to download in the appstore the notification "We could not complete your purchase appears. Cancel"

How do you overcome this?

thanks.

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.14

Posted on May 20, 2020 5:08 PM

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May 21, 2020 11:22 AM in response to Vadim_4e

Same as most others here: 2015 Macbook pro, Mojave 10.14.6, US store Apple ID.

"We could not complete your purchase.

Cancelled"


I don't know if it's related, but this is the first time I've participated in the discussions here and when I tried to sign in with my Apple ID it took many tries in various browsers before it allowed me to input the verification code I was sent-- I got "failed to identify you" after putting in my apple ID and password while receiving verification codes on this computer, my iPhone and Apple watch.

May 21, 2020 11:40 AM in response to bjmmend

Writing to Apple feedback to start


I get the same message too , sigh. And I have problems with Apple Configurator as well

Nothing can be dowloaded to my mac, with Mojave sic 😟


Reported feedbacks for MacOs, https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

Apple configurator https://www.apple.com/feedback/configurator.html

iTunes https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

May 21, 2020 12:36 PM in response to bjmmend

It is working for me now.

I had this exact problem. Noticed it yesterday (May 20) and spent a few hours trying to fix it as well. I use Mojave, not Catalina. I re-installed Mojave today (in-place, not clean install). Still didn't work. Gave up and figured it must be an issue on Apple's side, so I signed out of Mac App Store and signed out of iTunes and started doing other stuff.


I tried to download again a few minutes ago and it worked. It correctly asked me to sign into my account and then downloaded the app. I know I had tried this yesterday, so not sure if it was related or Apple is fixing the issue on their side.


May 21, 2020 12:41 PM in response to RodHouTX

Working for me as well since 5 minutes ago. US store. MacPro 5,1 Mojave 10.14.6

Tested on 2 different machines, working on both.

Issue for me started yesterday 05/20 and lasted till the time of this email.

Must have been something on Apple's end given that the same issue started at the same time on 3 different computers with no change on my end on any of them.


May 21, 2020 12:42 PM in response to docopus

I am having that same problem as well -- signing in to this forum as well as appleid.apple.com doesn't give me the box to enter the code.... except on Safari on the Mac. Any other browser on the Mac or Windows 10 - it sends the code to my devices but there's no box to enter it and it immediately says it failed. HOWEVER, it just worked a few minutes ago on Chrome!

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