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Why i can't download new apps on Mac App Store
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I don't think you are in the App Store. I don't remember seeing a "Cancel" button in that position in the App Store.
App Store User Guidefor macOS Sequoia
App Store User Guidefor macOS Sequoia
App Store User Guide for Mac
Learn how to use App Store on your Mac to find and download apps and games.
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OP:
I think you may need to enter your Apple ID Account name in the "Account:" field, then it will probably want you to enter your Apple ID Password.
I think you may need to enter your Apple ID Account name in the "Account:" field, then it will probably want you to enter your Apple ID Password.
There is a difference between being logged in to the App Store Apple Account and authorizing payment for software.
This is a free app, so it shouldn't need to be authorized for payment.
OP, have you tried restarting your Mac? Btw, your email address is still visible in your screenshot. Be sure to use 100% opacity when masking things out. Safari's Live Text feature even picked it up.
Microsoft Word is not free. I'm not assuming that the OP has a Microsoft 365 subscription.
The app is free to download. Yes, you need a subscription to use it, but that's irrelevant at this point.
Do you know why I can install Excel with homebrew and it is somehow registered then? I using it for maybe half a year now... Didn't try Word yet.
Edit: It's not the latest version I think.
Why do you want the App Store version? Do you have purchased a subscription or Word version in there?
1. Download Office from MS website (Office.com)
2. Run installer
2. Log in with your Office subscription.
Done
2. Run installer
2. Log in with your Office subscription.
Done
I just installed it via Homebrew and got the latest version, but you have to login, otherwise it's read only. But the Excel I got was somehow registered.
I'm trying it again. It's on my other Mac.
Edit: Now I have all this bloatware again.
Edit2: And got the new Excel too, that also needs an account. Last year I got some free older version. I had some public license. Very strange.
I'm trying it again. It's on my other Mac.
Edit: Now I have all this bloatware again.
Edit2: And got the new Excel too, that also needs an account. Last year I got some free older version. I had some public license. Very strange.
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Direct download link for Office 365. I think you can choose to install only word if you like to.
Don't use Homebrew.
The links are public https://learn.microsoft.com/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
Office suite (with Teams) https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=2009112
Office suite (without Teams) https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525133
Word https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525134
Excel https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525135
PowerPoint https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525136
Outlook https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=525137
OneNote https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=820886
It's an example, i am not able to download apps from Mac App Store and i do not know why
you've signed out/back in to the app store?
if nothing's working, call apple, they can sort this out for you...
@nanu77 Try to set "Never Require" for "Free Downloads" in "Media & Purchases"
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchl86b5abc5/mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/mchl86b5abc5/mac
Try the maintenance features of Onyx. It just clears some things a little up. Be careful with everything else in there.
Titanium Software | Operating System Utilities for Mac - OnyX
OnyX is a multifunction utility that you can use to verify the startup disk and the structure of its system files, perform cleaning and computer maintenance tasks, configure some hidden parameters of many Apple applications, and more.
www.titanium-software.fr
