Mac App Store keeps asking for password

Jumping on this, as I can't find any more recent, similar threads - I'm having this problem, but the updates are for iMovie and Photos. I can't delete either, nor do I really want to, as they're stock apps. I don't use either frequently, but having the insistent update notification pop up on my screen is annoying.

I want to update just to get it out of the way, but I can't, as I'm being asked for my password (I, too, am sure I'm using the right one) again and again and again.

Help, please.

Getting the same issue too. Unable to download any mac app store updates. Keeps prompting for password which is 100% correct. Unable to download pages, keynote etc. Issue has happened since updating to MacOS Sierra 😟. Would like a fix big time.

I'll reply to this old, old thread to say that I had the same issue with the Microsoft OneDrive app. When I tried to update it, the App Store kept asking for my password. The only way to fix it was to completely remove the OneDrive app from my iMac and install the latest one from the App Store. Worked like a charm.

Same deal. I was getting my wife's Apple ID (grayed out). Signed out under the App Store "store" menu and got signed back in under correct ID for this device. However, keeps asking repeatedly for the password, which is entered correctly. Just trying to update iMovie.

Try uninstalling, & then re-installing from "purchased". This gave me the latest version & so removed the continual request to sign in. As it is only the app you are uninstalling, my experience was that I did not lose any data

Thanks Peachtree. Although the apps I was having the issue with were not purchased (iMovie and Garage Band), your suggestion prompted me to delete them from the Applications folder, and download them again. Way back when I had bought a MacBook 11" white, and used an old Apple ID on that computer. As I've upgraded machines, the old iMovie and Garage Band apps have still been linked to that old Apple ID. So, by deleting and downloading those apps under my current Apple ID this machine stopped asking for that old ID.

I am also having the same issue for updating the xcode, it is very important to update my xcode because of this issue my development work is completely stopped since one week, can anyone please tell me the solution to update my xcode? i already updated my OS to Sierra! it keeps on asking me to enter the password, that too asking with another apple ID. And it not allowing me to enter my apple ID into the input it's completely grayed out.😟

Just now i solved my problem 🙂😁!

- I signed into iTunes and updated my account details again

- I moved the Xcode to trash from applications folder

- Went to appstore again, now its showing as GET for xcode clicked on it

- It asked for signin, again i signed in and xcode getting downloaded.

😍😎!!!!

Yes, most annoying! I finally figured it out.

There must be meta-data with each app that gives the password you used when it was first loaded. This could have been several password iterations ago. In my case it was iMovie, GarageBand, and other apple apps, iTunes kept asking over and over again for my password.

If you don't remember what password you used when you loaded that app, or in most cases, fired up a new machine, the easiest thing to do is to trash the app (Applications/iMovie ... move to trash) then find it on iTunes and load it up again. It will now remember your current password.

I was having the same problem and was reluctant to delete apps. But people keep suggesting it so I tried it. I started with iMovie which I really don't use. Found it in Finder, and moved it to trash. The went to the app store, searched for it and "got" it. Took a little while to download but when it finished... no more "update" notifications for it. I'll be doing the same for the other ones when I have time. Hope this helps and gives you the courage to try it. Start with one that you don't use. Good luck!

I keep getting this notice. I guess its because I changed the apple ID, while the app Slack is installed when I used the other one. Now I can't update Slack, I keep receiving login window. This is really stupid.

Hey Apple, if you think that "free" app is not from my new apple ID, why don't you give an error or remove it? but keep letting me login?

Without Jobs, many perfect things are disappearing.

This worked for me.

Open a terminal windows (Spotlight search for terminal ...).

At command prompt, sudo -s and enter admin password. In any case, if this doesn't work (user not in sudo file) get root access/login as root.

cd /

mkdir DISABLEDAPPS

mv /Applications/<name of app that won't update>.app DISABLEDAPPS/

Quit the app store.

Start the app store again.

When the update process doesn't see the old app, it asks for the password once and does the "update" ...

Worked for me, in any case.

After the update completes, move the disabled applications back into your /Applications directory.

Again (or still) as root:

cd /

mv /DISABLEDAPPS/* /Applications

Your applications should now start as expected.

Also have the same problem, but with Numbers, Keynote and Pages updates...