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ERROR: The product distribution file could not be verified.

When ever I try to purchase anything in the store i get the error below

"The product distribution file could not be verified. It may be damaged or was not signed"

Problem showing up a lot on twitter but cant find a resolution. Anyone ?

MacBook Pro 2010 i5 Unibody, Mac OS X (10.6.5)

Posted on Jan 6, 2011 11:21 AM

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Jan 6, 2011 11:49 AM in response to James.Lloyd

I was literally going to post a topic regarding this.

This problem happens on every app, both paid and free. I've tried any suggestion I've found for other App Store issues, including making sure I sign the T&C, updating my payment information, restarting the app, restarting my machine, etc. Nothing has worked. The only thing I haven't tried is to "re-install" the App Store, but that's only because I don't know any other method of installing it other than when I updated this morning.

Jan 6, 2011 12:56 PM in response to James.Lloyd

The support page also does not appear to be up. I am a big fan of apple but this seemed RUSHED.

Same issue here. Updated from 10.6.5 to 10.6.6. "the product distribution file could not be verified" comes up.

Tried:
1. Resetting Safari.
2. Opening iTunes
3. Delete appstore plist.
4. Signing and signing out
5. Rebooting/shutting down several times.

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Jan 6, 2011 1:56 PM in response to James.Lloyd

I have the same problem, and have tried everything mentioned here and elsewhere (including permissions repair), but to no avail.

We may be a minority, but surely not that small a minority. People have been discussing this problem on Twitter for hours now and there is at least one other thread on the issue:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2710213&tstart=90

Very annoying.

Jan 6, 2011 3:43 PM in response to A.Ste.

Same problem as everyone else: "The product distribution file could not be verified."
I tried applications that were free, ones that I already own, ones that I don't own but would have purchased, Apple applications. Nothing works.
Also, I get the error right after I press the 'price' button even before I have provided an AppleID or iTunes account login.

ERROR: The product distribution file could not be verified.

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