Hello Nicolai, Many thanks for the tip that option+Space bar overrides the dimmed installed button. that did the trick and I now have successfully re-installed growl from the Mac App store. Many thanks again and best wishes...
Paul Hopewell On 29 Jul 2012, at 16:59, Nicolai Svendsen <chojiro1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Paul, > > Try going to the purchases tab, then interact with the cell that says > Installed. You should hear that the installed button is dimmed. Now, try > hitting Option-Space. This overwrites the behaviour of OS X and forces the > app to reinstall if it is not already. This also works on applications you > have already installed and register correctly. When you have hit > Option-Space, you can stop interacting with the cell and VO-left then right. > It should then say that the button is now "Pause." > > > Regards, > Nicolai > On Jul 28, 2012, at 6:58 PM, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am having problems on Mountain Lion re-installing an App previously >> installed from the Mac App store on Lion. I went to the purchases menu but >> could not see an active install button for the required app. I thought that >> on Lion you could re-install an App from the Mac App store via the purchases >> menu. the FAQW for the Mac App store say that you can indeed re-install an >> An App previously installed from the Mac App store. On Mountain Lion all >> that I can see is a dimmed install button. >> Is this an Apple bug? >> Best regards.... >> >> Paul Hopewell >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
