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sengguohong Author

Level 2

186 points

How do I change the apple id to update apps from Appstore on mac

Hi, can somebody please help me?

Last time, I was using my father's apple id for the appstore on my macbook pro. (Now, i have my own apple id.) Sometimes when there's apps that i want to update, a window would pop out to ask me to sign into my father's apple id, but i want to update the apps using my own apple id. Is there anything i could do to use my own apple id to update the apps? Please help me!

App Store-OTHER, OS X Mavericks (10.9), App Store on MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 24, 2013 9:49 AM

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Dah•veed

Level 9

65,461 points

Posted on Dec 15, 2013 1:54 PM

You still don't get it! iPhoto, iMovie and GarageBand are NOT core apps. They are not part of the apps installed with an update or upgrade of any version of OS X. They are MAS apps, they have MAS receipts in their app bundle and they would cost money if you had to buy them them from the MAS (as many people do.) They just happen to be given free by Apple with the purchase of a new Mac.

However, when a new Mac owner first sets up their new Mac, they must Accept the iLife apps into their MAS account before using any one of the three apps. If they don't, allthree apps cannot be upgraded.

Yes, they are updated through the MAS. Core Apps are not updated through the MAS, they are installed when OSX is updated through the MAS. Two very different processes.

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ilselets

Level 1

0 points

Jul 2, 2015 10:54 AM in response to sunk818

LOL, this problem is terrible for things like Xcode at work. Xcode is free on the Mac anyway so why does it have to be associated and all that.

I keep needing to update and go to one of my coworkers for him to type in his password even though this has become "my" mac for the last year.

I hope to fix this once and for all, but it would be nice if some more thought was put into these kinds of things. I can't think of why something free like Xcode requires an app id in the first place. I'd understand if it was the beta version or something and it's exclusive in some way, but I just want the standard release.

Jul 14, 2015 11:48 PM in response to ChewbaccaFreak

thank you ChewbaccaFreak!

so many time I try to fined out the solution!

and you let all know what simple is that!!!

it's great!

Terry_N

Level 1

1 points

Jul 22, 2015 6:32 PM in response to gail from maine

gail from maine wrote:

That may work for free apps (don't know), but it won't work for paid apps. If a paid app was purchased by another Apple ID and you now want it associated with your current Apple ID, you have to buy it under that Apple ID.

Hence the very first clause of my post:

Terry_N wrote:

If the software in question is something your Apple ID has also already "purchased" (including for free), [...]

Terry_N

Level 1

1 points

Jul 22, 2015 7:04 PM in response to Phil0124

Phil0124 wrote:

Nope. Apps are forever tied to the Apple Id that bought / downloaded them

That can never be changed no matter what you do. Whether Free or Paid it does not matter, they work the same way.

They are licensed to an Apple Id and only that Apple Id can be used to update them.

Could you refer me to some reference on that still being true in the latest versions of OS X? Given the ability to read the bundle contents and execute an app bought by another Apple ID, there's no inherent reason the App Store app could not swap out the license within an existing bundle for a different one. Any part of the bundle that could be read could be reused in the updated bundle, and, e.g., re-signed (or however they implement the association).

I guess it's possible that when I told it to update, it just silently deleted the existing bundle associated with the other account and downloaded a full copy of the latest version, rather than only a patch, but outwardly it did just as I said. (Come to think of it, when it comes to apps, as opposed to OS updates, do they ever download an incremental update, rather than a full copy of the newer version? If not, then insofar as they ever "update" apps, it did it for me with a different Apple ID than was used to install it originally.)

Terry_N

Level 1

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Jul 22, 2015 7:23 PM in response to Dah•veed

Dah•veed wrote:

Cardinal rule of ASC, test the advice that you give BEFORE posting. [stunning maturity omitted]

lol I did. Where do you think I got those steps? I found this thread with a search because I was having this problem myself. Why would I spend my time composing a made-up non-solution to a problem I'm having rather when I could put that time into continuing to search for something that did work?

Dah•veed wrote:

Only the apps bought with an Apple ID will appear in the Purchases pane when signed into the MAS with that Apple ID, no others.

Is reading a post before replying to it not also a cardinal rule of ASC? The very first clause of my post:

Terry_N wrote:

If the software in question is something your Apple ID has also already "purchased" (including for free), [...].

Where did I imply unpurchased software would show up in a user's Purchases pane?

Jul 23, 2015 6:49 PM in response to Terry_N

Maybe you could explain what you mean by:

Terry_N wrote:

Given the ability to read the bundle contents and execute an app bought by another Apple ID, there's no inherent reason the App Store app could not swap out the license within an existing bundle for a different one. Any part of the bundle that could be read could be reused in the updated bundle, and, e.g., re-signed (or however they implement the association).

What do you mean when you are talking about "reading bundle contents"? What are licenses for an "existing bundle"?

Can you explain what it is you are talking about? Is this something outside the purview of a normal app user? I am not familiar with the terminology you are using here?

Cheers,

WHS ict

Level 1

12 points

Aug 23, 2015 5:42 PM in response to Galen_E

yep, huge PITA, and a clear sign that apple has lost touch with enterprise side of things. then again, since we've moved all our servers away from apple since they broke the working 10.6.8 enterprise backend, i guess it was coming. toys and games only

edgore

Level 1

0 points

Oct 2, 2015 7:15 AM in response to sengguohong

I had the same issue. Delete the application in questions (Put in trash) and "get" the application under the newId this should fix your issues.

Jamo0108

Level 1

12 points

Jun 10, 2016 4:19 AM in response to sengguohong

Yeah, I have that same problem, but it's on my iPhone 5s. Please someone help!!

Jun 10, 2016 8:57 AM in response to Jamo0108

Delete the app and repurchase or re-download it if it was free using your own Apple ID.

LyndyB

Level 1

32 points

Sep 23, 2016 11:44 AM in response to sengguohong

Generally, and it will not work in all situations, if you are on a Mac: launch the App Store App. From the Menu Bar at the very top of the screen, select Store > Sign In. If the machine is already signed in with some other Apple ID account, then you will need to select Store > Sign Out first.

You should now be able to login with your desired AppleID account and Password. NOTE that if you are trying to update an app, that was actually "purchased|" under somebody else's Apple ID, you will likely need to repurchase the app before you can download with the new ID. Things that are typically free updates (like Mac OS) should not require any payment. When you are logged in with your new Apple ID, you can also opt to download and install items that were previously purchased with the ID.

bil

Level 1

4 points

Sep 30, 2016 7:56 AM in response to sengguohong

This worked for me. I could not change the apple id in the App Store App on MacOS Sierra, the option to enter the id was greyed out and locked by another id. But I was able to login to the iTunes store with my account, and after I did that, the id box in the App Store App was open and blank.