Twitter for Mac - Apple ID bug

same here no pirate app and never have installed twitter on my comp and nobobdy have open another mac account in this comp

I have the same problem only with Twitter for Mac. A strange email: nicefright@gmx.de in the popup while I'm logged with my account.

I deleted Twitter for Mac and tried to download it again, but also if I'm logged with my account there is the same strange email in the box.

Also if I deleted the Application i still see it in the update list and in the badge counter.

The Combo update didn't fix it.

The email address that my App Store wants a password for has changed to "tr33st@live.com". This is the strangest thing ever. Does not have any problems with any other app on the App Store and this is only on the Mac, no issues with iOS. ***?

OMG, I Thought I was going crazy. If you have access to another Mac, try to download there. I was able to. I thought I could copy it to my main computer but it still wants to update and it now has the live.com email address. For me its just happening on one computer.

No idea why I didn't think of that. It worked, as in I have the Twitter app now. But you're right it is still asking for me to update and I can't update because if I change that username is tells me that it cannot process the request. I'm giving up for now, though that little "1" is going to bug me.

If you had more than one available update you could download them all. Twitter for Mac would get updated to the latest version, anyway it'll remain in the update list (badge), and it'll ask for the strange account to get downloaded.

I think you still see the application in your Purchased list, and you can try to install it from there, but, only for Twitter, it asks for the other email.

I don't think the problem is to update the software, but that it needs this different email/account.

Guys --

Read this!

http://www.cultofmac.com/thousands-of-ios-devices-bricked-around-the-world-as-it unes-activation-servers-topple-breaking/95153 (Thanks to Tuttle)

the app that i delete was facetime! today i did the same for two more mac that were having the same problem with the same email! i just deleted the pirated facetime app and everyting was fix!!

Unbelievable. That actually worked! Thanks

I resolve my problem:

I tried to delete an application that I bought with a bundle but that was also available in the MAS. Then I open the MacAppStore and I noticed that there wasn't the update, so I downloaded again Twitter for Mac with my normal account.

I tried to move back the app that I deleted from my recycle bin to the App folder, I re-open the MAS and it didn't gave me any error or update.

Now, finally, it works!

Ok, here is my solution:

I have a german 10.6.8 and got the nicefright@gmx.de showed up in my form in the Mac app store. As I read about the captured facetime app I first started here and deleted it (it took me several times to delete, it nags me and ignored my first attempts to put it to the bin - very weird...). After deleting it I still have the "1" showed up in my app-icon but cannot load twitter from the MAS (I had no twitter app installed yet). Anyway, I tried to install it as it seemed to me an appropriate way to get rid of the indication but failed. It only accepts the above email nicefright@....

To be sure I pretend to buy another app and WHAM! my own email showed up in the form.

Now it´s clear without doubt: Facetime is cracked!

I am having this problem also. Getting the "nicefright@gmx.de" account.

I have never pirated any apps, in fact, the version of FaceTime I got wasn't even from the appstore, it was from updating to Lion. I have contacted apple by e-mail and by phone. No responses to my bug reports or e-mails. The lady I spoke with on the phone got very defensive and said "Well it seems to me that it must be a problem with Twitter, not Apple, since it's only happening with Twitter."

Hope we can find a solution to this soon. That little red "1" badge is so annoying.

A few days ago I got the solution for that from the apple support:

-Open the terminal (applications/Terminal)

-type: mdfind kMDItemAppStoreHasReceipt=1

Example should be something like

Last login: Tue Jul 5 09:04:12 on console

FirstName-LastName-MacBook-Pro:~ firstlastname$ mdfind kMDItemAppStoreHasReceipt=1

/Applications/Evernote.app

/Applications/Twitter.app

/Applications/Install Xcode.app

-compare this list with your purchased apps from the app store

-delete all apps shown in the terminal list but not showed up in the app store list

-restart your Mac, open app store again, the update indicator should now be gone.

After the proceedure everything was fine.

However, not all apps were shown in the terminal list. Some apps I did not buy in the Appstore and I was happy to see that those are not responsible for the bug. I threw out only one application, SolarWalk which a friend send me to check out. I´m not sure if this was a bad egg, however all other apps are running fine.

Hope this helps.

i bought a second hand mac, with twitter already installed with the old user acc. (my bad, not re install mac os x). and now, i cannot update twitter (must sign in with the old user acc). i tried to delete the twitter app. but when i try to install it again from mac app store, an unknown error notification pops up. so im stuck with the oldest version of twitter...

Has this ever been solved? I'm still dealing with this problem...
I've talked to Mac support and Twitter support multiple times and both companies blame it on the other company (how mature). Neither could give me any support besides walking me through the standard "delete it, try and reinstall it, restart your computer, etc."

So does anyone have a solution to this?