Apps I never purchased show as purchased apps in account settings

Why did I receive from Apple an express replacement device with Newly “purchased’ apps installed on it? These are apps that I did not nor have I ever purchased yet they now show in my list of recently purchased Apps in the account settings on my iPhone; and as in previously mentioned they were installed on the device when received. The apps in question are: Keynote, numbers, pages, iMovie, clips and garage band.

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 11, 2022 11:55 PM

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Posted on Mar 12, 2022 4:35 AM

Those are free Apple apps that you need to Accept into your Apple ID in order to use them.


M1 Mac mini, macOS 12.2.1; Watch, series 5 GPS/cellular, watchOS 8.4.2; iPad Pro 2nd Gen, iPadOS 15.3.1; iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15.3.1; TV 4th Gen, tvOS 15.3; HomePods, audioOS 15.3 and Airport Express w/ Airplay 2

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