cannot connect to the app store, sign in, create account/3rd party disabled

means cannot create account and 3rd party apps are disabled. like little snitch or any ape stuff.

i realise one thing i haven't done is return to the snow leopard 10.6 disk. i can do that in a few weeks.

yes, i have an itunes account.

a mac / apple id, if you will.

as i stated i cannot sign in.

i only get the grey "cannot connect" screen and no other option is available to me.

you're kidding me?

really?

this is the App store we're talking about, it's an apple computer trying to connect to the apple app store. all this just to connect to it? something must have gone wrong here... i'm guessing the issue is with the original 10.6 install.

do i go into my NETWORK settings to add/change this info? do i just type those numbers in? is it secure? what does it mean?

seems OTT.

not that i don't appreciate the help, mind you.

well, Dah•veed & Carolyn Samit, the DNS thingy didn't work (assuming i did it right) but thanks for the suggestions.

it must be related to the 10.6 original update/install and subsequently downgrading to itunes 8.

pity it's caused this issue.

what next?

ok. now i've tried the pacifist route. installing from 10.6.6 and 10.6.7, doesn't work.

i tried the deleting of storeagent caches and plist. doesn't work.

BUT after that...

i now get a pop up window saying... "unable to find and connect to the agent" "is it running?"

FYI to anyone reading this...

completely removed audio hijack pro and the APE it installs. i also removed cleanapp and all of its bits and pieces.

i reinstalled from the snow leopard disk, which is actually 10.6.3.

then i ran software update and got it all back up to 10.6.8.

i also tried updating incrementally.

inbetween all these i restarted.

still no app store.

for any techie people out there i've gleaned a few terminal messages and noted this lines...

/Applications/App\ Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App\ Store ; exit;

/Applications/App\ Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App\ Store ; exit;Tue Jun 28 20:10:14 mbp.local App Store[344] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x10039ff90

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:10:14 mbp.local App Store[344] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x10039ff90

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:10:14 mbp.local App Store[344] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x10039ff90

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:10:14 mbp.local App Store[344] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x10039ff90

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:10:14 mbp.local App Store[344] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x10039ff90

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.

and this, if it helps...

/Applications/App\ Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App\ Store ; exit;

/Applications/App\ Store.app/Contents/MacOS/App\ Store ; exit;2011-06-28 20:11:52.457 App Store[374:903] *** CFMessagePort: bootstrap_register(): failed 1100 (0x44c) 'Permission denied', port = 0x4003, name = 'com.apple.CKSignInPrompt.hostclient'

See /usr/include/servers/bootstrap_defs.h for the error codes.

2011-06-28 20:11:52.460 App Store[374:903] **** ERROR: CFMessagePortCreateLocal(com.apple.CKSignInPrompt.hostclient) failed

2011-06-28 20:11:52.461 App Store[374:903] **** ERROR: -[FRAppDelegate awakeFromNib] CKRegisterAsSignInHostClient

Tue Jun 28 20:11:52 mbp.local App Store[374] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x1003dbd70

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:11:52 mbp.local App Store[374] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x1003dbd70

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:11:52 mbp.local App Store[374] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x1003dbd70

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:11:52 mbp.local App Store[374] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x1003dbd70

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.Tue Jun 28 20:11:52 mbp.local App Store[374] <Error>: CGBitmapContextGetBitsPerComponent: invalid context 0x1003dbd70

This isn't a bitmap context. Forcing destination format to ARGB_8 for CGContext.logout

see here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2791209?start=15&tstart=0

SOLVED - !!

Localboy56 wrote:

I hadn't been out to the Mac App Store for quite a while and could not get it open this evening. It would hang at launch and removing all the suggested plist and cookie files in this and other articles was no help. I remembered that I had turned on OCSB/CRL in Keychain Access a few days ago at the suggestion of another article I read. Turning them back off fixed my App Store problem so I wanted to let the community know that that seems to be the way to go.

You are a GOD! All praise to Localboy56!!

i don't know why, some security suggestion from way back i guess, but both of those prefs in keychain were set to REQUIRE FOR ALL CERTS. i changed them both to BEST ATTEMPT and require both and appstore works!!

i;m now a but concerned that i've lowered the security on my mac.

but first i'm going to reinstall audio hijack pro, little snitch and cleanapp...

woo hoo!!

Actually, although i can now see the app store i still cannot log in.

all 3rd party , so-called, problem apps and helpers are not present, i have installed from 10.6 up to current and still no log in.

bummer

it's all working as it should