Cant download apps on macbook

If you can't download or update apps on your Mac Try this if you have an issue when you update or download apps from the App Store on your Mac.

Are you signed in to the App Store? Do you have a valid payment method on file? Is the App Store available? Manually update the app Open the App Store and try to update the app manually. More Less. Reply I have this question too I have this question too Me too Me too. All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. User profile for user: Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit. Then re launch the App Store. Try and download an app.

Reply Helpful 1 Thread reply - more options Link to this Post. And I don't have anti virus on my computer yet. Jul 25, PM in response to kittykat In response to kittykat Ok.. It's ok to do this even though you are already running v Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post.

User profile for user: mightyquin mightyquin. Remove it from your network, and plug the modem directly into your computer. Power-cycle both and see if this causes any change at all. Jan 2, AM. I don't know how to do that and I'm sure I would mess up a million other things if I tried. I really don't think it has anything to do with the connection.

I have tried getting it to work at many different coffee shops, other friends houses, even in South Africa Jan 2, PM. Jan 2, PM in response to karahailey In response to karahailey. Jan 3, AM. Jan 3, AM in response to karahailey In response to karahailey. Is there a secondary error message? Let me know exactly what it says. Jan 3, AM in response to seventy one In response to seventy one. There is no other error message. When I open the App Store, all the apps appear and it seems as though I could download anything.

But when I have to type in my Apple ID, the "unknown error" message appears every time. Step 1: Go to the Apps folder and find the Terminal app. If your Macbook fails to download apps from the App Store, force quitting and relaunching the app can restore it to regular functionality.

There are several ways to force quit the App Store on your Mac. Check them out below. Hold these four keys together while the App Store window is open and the app and other related processes will be stopped till you relaunch it.

Step 2: Type Activity Monitor into the search field and double-tap Activity Monitor in the result pane. Step 3: Select the App Store from the list of processes and tap the 'x' icon at the Activity Monitor's top-left corner. Sometimes the issue may not be a problem on your end. Check out Apple's System Status Page.

Here, you can see information about the status of Apple's services, such as iCloud, the App Store, and more. If a particular service has a red icon next to it, then it's down. You might see a peculiar 'We could not complete your purchase: Unknown Error' message when buying apps.