MacOS Mojave 10.14.6, problems with appstore
I recently had several problems with the App Store on MacOS.
- When trying to update some apps, the turning 3/4 circle sign in the initial phase of the update keeps turning without changing to the usual square in the circle. (This seems similar to App Store not working, Mojave 10.14.6 - Apple Community).
- The list of installed apps is most incomplete, for example Xcode is indicated with the cloudy sign for download although it is installed (and was installed from the App Store). I tried to clean completely the cache of the App Store. When I started the App Store again the list of installed applications was correct for about one minute before getting corrupted again with most applications appearing as not installed. I also had this problem of installed applications not recognised as such on another computer when upgrading to Big Sur. I had to "install" them instead of "updating" them.
Note that I always keep automatic update disabled.
I am interested to know how widespread such problems are.
MacBook Pro