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Slave_Feets · Jun 18, 2012

The Mac App Store is telling me there is an update for "CodeBox", an App I havent bought or put on my IMac. Ive tried updating it to get rid of the notification, but when I do it brings up someone else's Apple ID. No one else has been on my computer or has logged in with another Apple ID. I dont have or use CodeBox and cant figure out why it is telling me to update it or how to get rid of it. Also, this is all going on while I am logged into the App Store under my Apple ID.

Raz0rEdge · Jun 18, 2012

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Do you recognize the other Apple ID that comes up? Unless someone has at some point logged in using their Apple ID, I'd be hard pressed to think of another reason you'd be getting a random person's Apple ID shown to you..

Slydude · Jun 18, 2012

Is this a used Mac? Perhaps that ID belonged to a previous owner though I don't know why you would see another account while logged in under your account.

Slave_Feets · Jun 18, 2012

Nope, no one else has been on my account on my compy. My nephew has a profile that he uses, but has no Apple ID nor password/access to my account. A friend at work suggested moving the .plist file to the desktop, restarting the comp (which forces OSX to make a new plist file). It should then replace the contents with an updated version of my apps.

@Slydude: Nope, got it brand spanking new outta the box, thats why Im so confused about this random Apple ID etc. Any chance of a hacker/spammer? As far as I know, Ive never heard of this kind of thing happening.

@RazorEdge: I dont recognize it at all. Its, [email protected], which means absolutely nothing to me.

Slydude · Jun 19, 2012

Did someone where you purchased the computer set up your account for you? I wonder if someone there used a personal account to test things but then forgot to completely remove the information from the system.

Slave_Feets · Jun 19, 2012

@Slydude: Not unless they did it at the Apple distribution warehouse, ordered it straight off the website. Like I said, brand spanking new out of a sealed box, and this was 2 years ago, before the App store was created.

TattooedMac · Jun 19, 2012

Try this

Launch Terminal then Copy this code and paste it into Terminal and hit enter.

Code:

killall storeagent

Make sure the MAS isn't open. After you have done this in Terminal, launch the MAS and try putting in your ID...
Let us know how you get on.

Cheers

Slave_Feets · Jun 19, 2012

@TattooedMac: With App Store quitted out, I tried the terminal command and only got, "No matching processes belonging to you were found". And the CodeBox update still persists. Im going to try the plist thing.

Slydude · Jun 19, 2012

Slave_Feets said:
@Slydude: Not unless they did it at the Apple distribution warehouse, ordered it straight off the website. Like I said, brand spanking new out of a sealed box, and this was 2 years ago, before the App store was created.

Well that pretty much kills my idea. I thought perhaps the local store had done the setup and perhaps someone there had entered the other account information as a test.

Grayw97 · Jun 19, 2012

I had this problem I while back before I restored my Mac. I never did fix, I just ignored it. But it is the same exact thing as what you are describing. It wanted me to update Twitter. But I had never installed Twitter. No one had been on my mac and the Apple ID was some random address. I just ended up ignoring it because I couldn't find a way to get rid of it. Oh and it just came up randomly. It was about 6 or 8 months after I had gotten it.

chas_m · Jun 19, 2012

You may want to check your purchase history at the Mac App Store. It could be that your iTunes account has been compromised.

Slave_Feets · Jun 19, 2012

@chas_m: Only app Ive bought, and the only one it shows in the purchased history is FaceTime. No history, or bank activity showing a purchase of CodeBox. Guess Ill just ignore it. So annoying having that d@mn 1 sitting there.

biniman · Jul 14, 2012

"codebox"

I was having the same problem and no matter what I tried couldn't get rid of the update notification. Then I noticed a BitTorent app. Once I was able to delete that, the update for code box disappeared!!

Slave_Feets · Jul 14, 2012

biniman said:
I was having the same problem and no matter what I tried couldn't get rid of the update notification. Then I noticed a BitTorent app. Once I was able to delete that, the update for code box disappeared!!

I dont have a BitTorrent App, like I said, the only App Ive downloaded from the App Store is FaceTime.

hugtheslug · Jul 14, 2012

Discussions here along the same theme - http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-apps-games/248242-mac-app-store-showing-update-app-i-dont-own.html - it seems there is a possible fix near the bottom of the thread.
Hope it all turns out well for you,

Cheers

Hugh

DomDom · Jul 30, 2012

Same here

Slave_Feets said:
Nope, no one else has been on my account on my compy. My nephew has a profile that he uses, but has no Apple ID nor password/access to my account. A friend at work suggested moving the .plist file to the desktop, restarting the comp (which forces OSX to make a new plist file). It should then replace the contents with an updated version of my apps.

@Slydude: Nope, got it brand spanking new outta the box, thats why Im so confused about this random Apple ID etc. Any chance of a hacker/spammer? As far as I know, Ive never heard of this kind of thing happening.

@RazorEdge: I dont recognize it at all. Its, [email protected], which means absolutely nothing to me.

This will comfort you not at all but I also have precisely the problem you describe ... including exactly the same heinisf@... AppleID. This sure ain't a coincidence surely?

Dom

chas_m · Jul 30, 2012

The fact that you both have the same mystery account bears all the hallmarks of some pirated/cracked software downloaded at some point. Not accusing anybody here of anything yet, I'm just saying that you may want to check and make sure no pirated software has been installed on your machine.

tenten_100 · Sep 14, 2012

Slave_Feets said:
The Mac App Store is telling me there is an update for "CodeBox", an App I havent bought or put on my IMac. Ive tried updating it to get rid of the notification, but when I do it brings up someone else's Apple ID. No one else has been on my computer or has logged in with another Apple ID. I dont have or use CodeBox and cant figure out why it is telling me to update it or how to get rid of it. Also, this is all going on while I am logged into the App Store under my Apple ID.

I have the same problem ,and its come from the xcode retail installation , but i dont know how to fix it. when i delete the developer folder from the hard disk and the update disappears.
sorry for my english.

ajimma14 · Oct 25, 2012

I had the same problem and it turned out that '[email protected]' had switched the MASreceipt in a cracked version of 'Galaxy on Fire 2' with his one from codebox to stop the cracked app trying to update. Unfortunately this makes app store think you have an old version of codebox, but just under '[email protected]''s account (so you cant log in).

hugtheslug · Oct 25, 2012

I think the idea here is to NOT use cracked or torrented versions of commercial apps in the first place, then you should have no problems ...

Cheers

Hugh

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