App Store won’t recognize password
Created a new Apple ID and it shows that ID when in the App Store but when I try to update an app it tells me to sign in and doesn’t recognize the password. Password has been changed several times. Any thoughts?
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This is likely to be your problem. See What to do when the Mac App Store shows a different Apple ID for software updates https://www.macworld.com/article/3267709/mac-app-store-apple-id.html. This document refers to a prior owner, but is also applies to cases where a current owner's old Apple ID is the problem.
Basically, If an app is purchased/downloaded using one Apple ID, then you can't update it with with another Apple ID. The app is inextricably linked to the first Apple ID. You'll have to delete it and repurchase/download it again with the second Apple ID unless you use family sharing (see below).
As an alternative to deletion, you can set up family sharing between the IDs to share purchases made with them. See:
Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060
Set up Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201088