!!!!UPDATE SOLUTION!!!!

Brilliant! This worked perfectly!

I didn't create a new account. I just logged in as a guest user.

Totally works! Thanks so much!

An easier solution I found on Macworld:

OK I was having trouble with with 2011 Mac Mini and iWork I bought on DVD & the preinstalled iWork not updating.

Here's how I got it to update in through the app store.

Open App Store on your Mac if they don't show as an update in the tab and are not in your Purchases tab, go to the Featured tab & click Account under Quick Links, enter your password, & click Reset all warning for buying and downloading at the bottom of this page, & click Done.

Check your updates tab & iWork & iLife updates should now appear, at least this is how I got it to work on my 2011 Mac Mini.

I was able to get them even easier. I logged out of the App Store and re-logged back in. The minute I logged back in, the updates were available. I installed the software from a DVD.

Perhaps they fixed something on their end because I logged out and back in several times today and it didn't work until I reset all warnings. Or, it could be that people can't update for different reasons. Who knows. I'm just glad I don't have to buy all of them over again.

Unfortunately, the apps are crashing, so I'm not sure what else to do at this point. They all appear as owned in my purchases though.

This trick worked perfectly, I had to set primary language to English.

😉

So what happens if you have iWork 09 installed from the disk, but still wound up paying for the apps from the App store? Are they working on issuing refunds too?

Many thanks for this trick. Worked perfectly for me using guest account 🙂

Tried every trick cant update anything 😠

I have now tried every "solution" I think but still can't update my iWork. Let's hope Apple fixes it soon.

After hours of searching and testing many solutions people said to work for them (but didn't work for me), I managed to get all iWork apps in the app store and to update for free with these steps:

1. Install iWork'09 from CD/DVD if you don't have iWork installed

2. Update iWork'09 to version 9.3 manually (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1563)

3. Change your system language to english in system preferences -> languages

4. Reboot and log in to guest account

5. Open the Mac App Store and log in

6. At this point you should be able to update directly from the featured page (or the app pages)

7. Install all updates, reboot and log in to your normal user account and change the language back to whatever you like

Your iWork apps should show in the list of your buyed apps

Hope this helps 🙂

Thank you very much! The vital part in all this is the language settings. I just changed my settings to english and then I didn't even had to use my guest account. The became avalaible on my main accoint in MAS.

Solved my problem of downloading iWork previously installed from an DVD. The language setting is the issue!

Thank you very much.

Yes!

The language setting is the issue!

I allready had an updated iwork 09 (version 9,3) so I went directly to step 3 in the advice from Cyge above. Then I rebooted (I did not log in to guest account).

Change your system languge to english in system preferences (languages), reboot and visit the apstore for dowloading. That´s was the only thing I did to make it happen.

Thank you very much for the advice.