What to do when the Mac App Store shows a different Apple ID for software updates<article>
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<p>Macworld reader Arthur is trying to download updates via the Mac App Store, but is stymied, because an Apple ID associated with the previous owner of the machine appears prefilled in the Sign In dialog and can’t be changed. He wonders what to do.</p><figure class="medium right"><img src="
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<p>Apps purchased or downloaded with another Apple ID will persist in prompting you for that account’s password when they need to be updated.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3267709/software/mac-app-store-apple-id.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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What to do when the Mac App Store shows a different Apple ID for software updates
