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

126 replies

Oreo_45

Level 1

8 points

Oct 22, 2016 10:43 PM in response to sengguohong

WELL HERE ARE THE STEPS

1>GO TO SYSTEM PREFERENCES(SP)

2>APP STORE IN SP > ALWAYS REQUIRE PASSWORD

3>THEN GO TO THE APP STORE TRY TO DOWNLOAD A FREE APP (EXAMPLE-SHAREIT)

4>WINDOW APPEARS WITH YOUR APPLE ID AND PASSWORD

5>ERASE THE APPLE ID AND ENTER YOUR NEW APPLE ID AND THEN ENTER THE PASSWORD (OF NEW APPLE ID) CLICK ON OK

6>THE WINDOW DISAPPEARS AND THEN APPEARS AGAIN

7>REPEAT STEP 5

8>CLICK ON CANCEL

9>GO TO SYSTEM PREFERENCES AND THEN TO APPSTORE IN SP

10>DONE

***I DID IT ON SIERRA ***

Dah•veed

Level 9

66,655 points

Apr 4, 2017 9:12 PM in response to gail from maine

I've never seen Trash on an iPhone. He's speaking of a Mac.

Dah•veed

Level 9

66,655 points

Apr 4, 2017 9:13 PM in response to Sparty87

Have you tried emptying the Trash?

Apr 16, 2017 12:39 PM in response to brillig

worked perfectly - Thank you !!!!

v_tRa

Level 1

4 points

Jun 27, 2017 2:42 AM in response to sengguohong

So I called AppleCare Support. All you have to do is delete the app and re install it again. It will show your new account to log in and install it.

v_tRa

Level 1

4 points

Jul 6, 2017 7:56 AM in response to caquintella

Easy. Just uninstall the app and reinstall it again on the app store, and the app store will ask your new apple id instead of asking your old apple id password

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