Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-29 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
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

Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Sarah If you're seeing Installed, that means it's on your system somewhere. Or else, it's been on your system somewhere. Gordon On 28 Jul 2012, at 19:59, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Yep both of us are seeing installed (passed tense) which the apps are not if the system is

Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-29 Thread Paul Hopewell
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

Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-29 Thread Gordon Smith
Hi Nic Typically excellent post. I'm sure a lot of people will find that invaluable. Gordon On 29 Jul 2012, at 16:59, Nicolai Svendsen chojiro1...@gmail.com wrote: Try going to the purchases tab, then interact with the cell that says Installed. You should hear that the installed button is

Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Uh huh. I am having that same problem as well. In fact most of my install buttons are dimmed. and it says installed, dimmed not install as if the app is already installed. is this what you are seeing? I checked on a web page the thas a list of compatible apps for ml and the apps I use that

Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello Sarah, yes I am indeed seeing exactly what you describe. Looks like an Apple bug here! I will try to report it. Paul Hopewell On 28 Jul 2012, at 18:06, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: Uh huh. I am having that same problem as well. In fact most of my install buttons are

Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-28 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yep both of us are seeing installed (passed tense) which the apps are not if the system is cleanly installed and no migration has taken place. This is an odd one. Hope a solution can be found. a I looked and the apps from the app store I have are compatible with ml. I checked on the website

Re: Mountain Lion App store question

2012-07-28 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi Esther, Pressing the dimmed Installed button does nothing. I did try the update option for the App store but that said that no updates were available. Am I correct in thinking that Lion let you re-install items previously purchased from the Mac Ap store? I could create a new App Store