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Why is there a strange Apple ID in my iPhoto update login?

2 days ago I upgraded my 2009 MacBook Pro to El Capitan. Today Software Update is asking me to update a number of apps, including iPhoto.

However, the iPhoto app is showing a strange Apple Id instead of mine and won't let me use my own Id to update the app. The only solution is to trash iphoto and reinstall.

No-one else has had access to my Mac. There is no malaware - just scanned using Malawarebytes. I keep my Mac locked with a password at all times when not in use. I work from home on a private network.

Apple Support was not able to shed any light on this but confirmed that the Id is a genuine Apple Id.

Has this happened to anyone else? Any idea how this could have happened?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Nov 8, 2018 4:06 PM

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léonie

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Posted on Nov 10, 2018 1:12 PM

This is really strange. The Mac AppStore has not yet been introduced in 2009, so your iPhoto installation came probably on an installer DVD and has not been associated with your AppleiD when you originally installed it.

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