Can not install or update on the Mac App Store

i had the same problem. my internet connection was over 3G (UMTS t-mobile germany).

i have no access to a wifi router.

my solution was to use a free VPN service and then i was able to download and install the app from the appstore

it looks like a plain 3G connection destroy some meta data from app store

PS: i used a service "global vpn" because with this i do not have to install third party applications on my mac - all can be done via network settings. with all other you have to download some clients :-(

PS: i am not affiliated with global vpn nor i know how secure is it.

I selected a vpn sevice where i do NOT need to install additional software. I do not like to install additional sofware and dont know how to uninstall it later.

On youtube there is a screencast for the setup of a VPN just with the buildin network settings of OSX.

Search in youtube for this text: vpn unter snow leopard einrichten

Hopefully Apple is going to solve that problem that I'm having to (Germany, Vodafone HSDPA). Because I have no DSL connection, I have to do all the internet stuff with the UMTS and it worked pretty well until right now. I haven't checked my App Store for a while and I wanted to download 2 Apps today aaaand, couldn't be downloaded and installed. Same problem 😟

Did you try my workaround?

Well i wait until they find a solution because the VPN thing isn't the type of workaround that i want to use. I want to keep it simple, not to offend your workaround 🙂 but the apps i tried to download are not so important that i would have to download them as fast as i could 😉 and because the App Store worked with the connection before, it's going to work again.

But still thank you.

there are some news on this issue from apple?

No, Apple Support is completely silent on the matter. I doubt I will get any reaction from them.

I did have the opportunity to test the app store over a landline connection, and it worked flawlessly, just as it did for other users. Moreover, I purchased a couple more apps which I COULD download using my tethered phone. It seems completely arbitrary which apps work and which don't. Pixelmator, Osmos and Neverwinter Nights 2 worked (so it's definitely not about size), while iA Writer and a BetterSnao update failed.

This is frustrating, to say the least, and I will most likely minimize my use of the app store until I know the issue has been resolved.

Hi Guys,

Glad I'm not the only one. To add more data to this issue, I am running 10.7.3 on MBP13" and using Vodofone wireless. This only began to occur on the 16th of March after trying to download byWord.

Don't have a solution, but thought I should chip in.

Hi,

I am on the same boat. Today I experienced the same error and found this discussion. I am also using an HSDPA connection, which worked well since the Appstore began. Is there any new light in this subject?

No. No further reaction from Apple, just as expected. Instead they actually sent me an invitation for a survey regarding the quality of their Support. And boy, did I fill that questionaire.

Right now your only chance is to get your Mac to a land-based internet connection and download these apps and updates there. If you have a Macbook, take it to work, or Starbucks, or whatever. If you have an iMac or a Mac mini, well, that's too bad I guess. Unless you have a friendly neighbor who will share his wifi with you for these occasions. :-/

I tried a different Wifi HDSPA modem. To my surprise, I was able to access and download two apps from the AppStore. Then I turned back again to my HDSPA router, a Globesurfer III, and it also worked!! I can't understand why, because before I have tried with the globesurfer and two different computers (one iMac and one mini). I haven't changed configurations, just switched wifi modems in the airport icon. Maybe I wake up tomorrow and the AppStore will give the error again..I hate things happen this way, sometimes yes, sometimes no.

Hope that could help.