What's going on with Apple and the App Store?
Few months ago was App Store > Updates tab with no CSS whatsoever. Unattended problem for months!
NOW: The Purchased tab with a "Cannot Connect to Apple Store"
Of course I practiced all black magic know out there for this issue.....to no avail.
But, wait a minute, in all Macs with High Sierra at home (4)?
Really Apple?
iMac 27″, macOS 10.13
I agree - the link isn't useful. I've found the same issue this morning on my (mid-2011) 21.5" iMac with High Sierra. It's just the purchases tab that gives the message, even after signing into the store again. I can access my account and, for example, see subscriptions but trying to manage hidden apps takes me back to the tab and "Cannot connect..." message.
This seems like Apple trying to get users of still good hardware to junk it and upgrade to a new M1 (something I thought about but discounted as my iMac still works great - (I'll admit is was maxed out when I got it - 256SSD, 2TB HDD, i7 CPU, 16GB RAM). Being stuck on High Sierra isn't a problem in itself as it's a good, solid OS; I prefer it to Big Sur on my (mid-2014) MacBookPro, and it runs a lot faster than my wife's late-2013 iMac on Catalina. My only issue is that Apple has dropped all support, and even Microsoft has dropped it - Office365 no longer updates (and, I'm told, won't install if I needed to reinstall it), and OneDrive support stops next month, too. If I have to ditch my iMac because even basic services are withdrawn, I'll hook my MBP into my desk system (hub, monitors, external drives) and use that... It should keep me going for a few more years.
Working for me now after several days of blank Purchased page .
Try it again .
Totally incorrect!
Pleasant surprise just after posting - discovered that Parallels still supports High Sierra with its v17 upgrade -:)
False hope raised - not working and "Cannot connect..." again!
Hello givemeabreak,
We would like to see howw we can help you with connecting to the App Store. Follow the steps in this link and get back to us with your results: If you can't connect to the App Store, iTunes Store, or other Apple services
Cheers!
Yep - working again! Thanks for the prompt. I suppose I should have expected that, after the updates page eventually came back in a readable form.
Who knows, maybe Apple might decide to return support to some older versions - but then, I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with pigs flying around...
"Cannot Connect to Apple Store" App Store, iMac High Sierra, 2021!
