App Store apps do not install properly on a fresh install of High Sierra on internal SSD or HDD

Same error with Numbers. Interesting error in Console for storeassetd:

SoftwareMap: No app was found with bundle ID com.apple.iWork.Numbers to upgrade to 6.1

actually, this is the errors in Console when I try to log on (when Safari gets redirected to https://idmsa.apple.com)

default	20:20:26.661566 -0500	com.apple.WebKit.Networking	Trust evaluate failure: [leaf AnchorApple CheckIntermediateMarkerOid]
error	20:20:26.661610 -0500	com.apple.WebKit.Networking	Strict Trust Evaluation yielded status(-9802) for [229:0x7ffa392b1090]

again, all pointing to certificates...

just tell me how to open a terminal

Finder -> Utilities -> Terminal

Then copy / paste the 3 lines above, one line at a time, with Enter in between...

I'm having the same issue on a mid 2011 iMac 21.5 inch running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. I clean installed the OS for the second time and still having the same issue. The apps that I purchased outside the AppStore work. I didn't have any issues before I clean installed the OS couple of days ago.

Unfortunately the reply I received from Apple Support was not helpful, they recommended I contact "our technical support team online", but then gave me a link to the same webpage I used to report the issue the first time. The reply appears to be a form response, since it also suggested that I find help here. :o(

Just got off a chat with Apple Support, and they report that "All systems are being reported as fully operational." However I suspect the issue is on their end.

They suggest an erase and install as the next step. I don't really want to do that, so if the issue doesn't resolve itself in the next couple of days, I'll return to my El Capitan backup. Disappointing since I upgraded to High Sierra for some good reasons.

Did you use the same Apple ID? What do you mean by didn't transfer user files and settings? The last time I clean installed High Sierra the first thing I did after the installation was trying the App Store apps.

Yes, same Apple ID, I downloaded the apps from my purchased apps in the App Store.

The previous time I did an install, on a Mac OS Extended partition, I had my account brought over by the installer, after doing a clean install, so not a “clean” install?

Glad it is working for you now. I want to give it another try so would you please explain what you did in details just to make sure I follow what you did? Usually what I do is

1- Plug a USB flash drive that has High Sierra on it and restart my Mac while holding down the Option key to boot my Mac from the USB flash drive.

2- Then I go to Disk Utility and format the whole HDD or the SSD in APFS.

3- Install High Sierra on the formatted SSD.

4- During the installation it asks if I want to use my Apple ID to sign in to this Mac and I choose yes.

5- When It asks if I want to transfer my old files from another Mac I choose No.

Am I missing something or doing something wrong?

Exactly the same here. I tried creating a new user account with another Apple ID today before doing another clean install and it's the same issue.

It seems we can't do anything about this. It's all on Apple's side.

Yesterday when I did a clean install of High Sierra the first thing I did once I logged in is trying the AppStore apps before installing any security updates and they didn’t work.

I’m not sure what’s happening!

My "Install macOS High Sierra" file was created June 29, 2018 too. After the installation of macOS there were 6 updates available:

1- Safari update (13.1.2)

2- iTunes update (12.8.2)

3- iTunes Device Support Update

4- Security Update 2020-005

5- Security Update 2020-006

I have to carry on with my work, so I gave up on High Sierra and upgraded to Mojave. I see that the renewed App Store also hints you to upgrade to the newest system. It used to be that App Store downloads the nearest possible version of an app for your OS. Xcode in Mojave don’t have this option, they only offer Xcode 12. I have to go to Apple developers site to download Xcode 11. I’m not sure about other apps.

I really liked downloading apps from the App Store as it doesn’t mess up the file system as much as other sources. Maybe in the future I’ll have to try homebrew/cask.