Hi. suddenly when I go to the Apple App Store on my MacBook Pro, if I want to download an app, I have to manually sign-in using my password. Previously, I'd been using Touch-ID for a long time to log in. I'm not sure what happened to cause this change. When I go to the app store through my iPhone or iPad it lets me use Face ID and/or Touch ID, but not on my Mac. I looked into my account setting on the App store, but didn't find anything to turn this function on and off. I tried going into my Touch ID settings on the Mac and toggled off Touch ID, restarted my Mac and then toggled Touch ID back on. Then I went to the App store and clicked install on a free app and it just installed it, with no authentication at all! I want the authentication, but I want to be able to use my finger to do it. Can anyone shed any light on what might be going on? Thanks for any help you can give.
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App Store on Mac Not Letting Me Use Touch ID
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Bump...I figured it out after posting this and thought I'd share for other that might have an issue. I went into my Mac's setting and went to my account and to Media & Purchases. I toggled off Use Touch ID for Purchases and then toggled it back on. When I did this I was prompted to sign into my Apple account. Once I did this it toggled back on. I then went to the App store and it worked how it should asking me for my finger print using Touch ID to verify my purchase.
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