MacBook Pro m1 won't update apps

I suspected that those were the five.

Usually you need to accept those free apps into your App Store account before they are actually yours to upgrade.

If you open the App Store app and click on your Account in the bottom left corner, those apps should appear there for you to accept into your account.

But, if for some reason those apps don't appear there for you to accept, the work around is to delete the apps and redownload them. You will get the updated versions and they will be licensed copies registered to your account.

Which are the five apps?

M1 Mac mini, macOS 11.0.1; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 7.1; iPad Pro 2nd Gen, iPadOS 14.2; iPad Air 2, iPadOS 14.2; iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14.2.1; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 14.2  HomePods, audioOS 14.1 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

Unfortunately, neither of those methods work.

Clicking on the Account in the bottom left corner brings you to a "Mac Apps" page where it displays the icons of each of the five apps with the "UPDATE" button. Clicking UPDATE does nothing.

Alternatively, deleting and reinstalling doesn't work because it doesn't reinstall. The little grey progress circle just spins and spins and spins.

Thankfully, my college provides Microsoft Office 365 Suite to us so I don't really need Pages or Numbers. It's just frustrating when you get a new MBP and you can't even update the software on it.

Same issue, 5 updates in the App Store that wouldn't update even after restarting. Here's what worked for me:

Instead of clicking on the Updates tab in the App Store, I went into the "Store" menu and selected "View My Account." In the Account window it lists all of the apps I've previously installed, including the 5 that need to be updated. By clicking on the individual Update buttons in this window, the updates were installed.

Good luck!

I had the same issue. I couldn’t update or download a new app. After I restarted my MacBook it fixed the issue.

same issue on my new MBP m1 16GB 1TB .Cant update those 5 apps.

Finally after some restarts was able to download but it seams to get stuck at the end, again not finishing the download.

Thanks. That worked for me too.