Cannot Update Purchased App Store Apps ... Error message (You have updates

I can confirm this solved my issue completely.

Reactivating Spotlight worked for me... but I'm not too happy about it. In fact, I've already deactivated spotlight again, and I think I'll just shy away from the Mac App Store for the moment.

My pro audio software (particularly Pro Tools) has guides for optimizing Mac OS for audio recording that specifically says to add the system drive to the privacy pane of the spotlight preference tab.

I assume this is to keep real time recording from being disturbed by spotlight indexing.

Anyways, my pro audio setup has priority over anything the Mac App Store might have to offer.

I hope that Apple will devise a way for the update system to not be dependent on spotlight in the future. In addition, a system for uninstalling what you don't want would be nice as well.

I was having this problem after I upgraded the hard drive in my computer and used the migration assistant to pull the apps over. It seems that the migration assistant screwed up the file permissions. Uninstalling the app and reinstalling it did the trick.

Of course you don't lose your data. Apps on the Mac don't tie the data to the app like they do on the iPhone.

This worked for me. Thanks for the solution to a problem that shouldn't be a problem in the first place.

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I have the same problem and this "solution" doesn't work for me. I have never been able to trash an app from the App Store. Trying to move it to Trash simply brings up an error message.

This problem is NOT solved - at least not for me.

It is disturbing that Apple would rig these apps so they cannot be trashed.

Two points; first is the solution didn't work for you then you don't have the same problem. Secondly, it is solved for the person who stated the post and it is he can mark it that way. If you wish to continue the discussion you will have to start your own post for your problem. Once you do that then you will have to right to say when that post is solved.


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Make sure you're trying to delete the app from an administrator account. If you're just getting an error message, either you don't have permission to do it (i.e. you're not an administrator) or the app is currently open. Or maybe something else is happening; you might try, I dunno, sharing what the error message IS.

I am, of course, logged in as an administrator. I have deleted hundreds of apps over the last 25 years on various Macs.

The error message is:

+The operation can’t be completed because an unexpected error occurred (error code -8072)+

I don't recall seeing that before.

Hm, strange. Have you tried repairing permissions?

I doubt I am the only one scratching their head at the "Solved" flag. Seemed more useful to continue from other people's efforts than to till the same ground again.

What has been posted here as solutions does not work for my computer.

Yes. I doubt it's a permissions problem as I had no problem trashing Google Chrome or MS Messenger.

Google Chrome and MS Messenger weren't installed by the App Store app.

Right. Exactly why I'm peeved. Apple ought to have told me/us that their App Store actually put a permanent brand on our computers. I thought it was just an app install.

I don't see how this is solved, Having the same problem. Just did a brand new install, all fresh data, NUll account error still is occuring, Have tried fixes from all threads to no avail. Using the same account as iTunes, Purchased apps show up, no apps listed in updates, yet Purchases shows updates available, clicking on update produces error, NULL account.

Console shows error, multibyte IDS's are not allowed.