Upgrades to pre-installed apps on mac mini

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Upgrades to pre-installed apps on mac mini

I bought a Mac Mini through a company scheme with Pages, Numbers, iPhoto, iMovie pre-installed. It is not possible to accept updates to these apps as they were installed using a different apple id, unknown to me. Is there any solution?

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 6, 2015 3:22 AM

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lllaass

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Mar 6, 2015 3:30 AM in response to mcewannet

Delete the apps and purchase them with your ID. As you found out, apps are locked to the Apple ID initially used to setup the Mac.

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Mar 6, 2015 3:42 AM in response to lllaass

Thanks, I was afraid of that. It's irritating to have to re-purchase software that was not requested but was provided anyway. Devious sales strategy I suppose.

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