{"id":47822,"date":"2019-04-08T19:51:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=47822"},"modified":"2019-04-08T19:51:14","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:51:14","slug":"quick-tip-how-to-accept-an-app-in-the-mac-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/47822-quick-tip-how-to-accept-an-app-in-the-mac-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Tip: How to &#8216;Accept&#8217; an App in the Mac App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After I bought my new iMac (and stuffed it with <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/apple\/memory\/\">memory<\/a> from OWC) I decided to start fresh instead of simply transferring all my data over from my older Mac. Everything went smoothly &#8230; at first.<\/p>\n<p>However, when I went to download all my purchased iWork apps (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) from the Mac App Store, I got this message when I tried to update Pages: \u201cUnable to update Pages\u2019 To update this app, you need to accept it on the Account page in the App Store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I had never run into this in all my (many) years of using a Mac. After a lot of experimentation and looking for online help, I found the solution. If you run into this situation you should:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47829\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Graphic-one-4-e1554771016606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Graphic-one-4-e1554771016606.jpg 480w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Graphic-one-4-e1554771016606-117x120-1.jpg 117w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Graphic-one-4-e1554771016606-284x291-1.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Graphic-one-4-e1554771016606-186x190-1.jpg 186w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Graphic-one-4-e1554771016606-117x120-1@2x.jpg 234w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Graphic-one-4-e1554771016606-186x190-1@2x.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open the Mac Store App and make sure you\u2019re signed into you account.<\/p>\n<p>Go to Store &gt; View My Account.<\/p>\n<p>Then click Accept.<\/p>\n<p>Once I went through these steps, everything worked fine. Whether this is something new that Apple is implemented, I don\u2019t know. However, if you run into the problem, now you have a fix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After I bought my new iMac (and stuffed it with memory from OWC) I decided to start fresh instead of simply transferring all my data over from my older Mac. Everything went smoothly &#8230; at first. 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