Q: replaced hard drive with no iPhoto or iMovie

the people at my apple store had to replace my hard drive on my macbook air because it crashed. i just recently noticed that i don't have iMovie or iPhoto. I was doing research on this and it said to go to my purchases in the app store and download it again but nothing shows up? please help because i don't have 30$ to spend to replace them

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Jul 31, 2014 12:50 PM

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lllaass Jul 31, 2014 1:06 PM in response to Emma7890
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Jul 31, 2014 1:06 PM in response to Emma7890

Is the App store signe into the same account used to originally purchase the apps or, if they came with the new Mac, signed into the account initially used on the Mac?
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Emma7890 Jul 31, 2014 1:19 PM in response to lllaass
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Jul 31, 2014 1:19 PM in response to lllaass

i started signed into my step dads account but i don't know his password
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lllaass Jul 31, 2014 1:28 PM in response to Emma7890
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Jul 31, 2014 1:28 PM in response to Emma7890

Apps are locked to the account that purchased them. Either get the password or purhases with your account.
Also not the 90 day window discussed here:
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID
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