Mac App Store updates failing on Mojave, Part 2

from blog The Desolation of Blog, 26 Feb 2021 | ↗ original

A couple months ago I wrote about Mac App Store updates failing on Mojave. This issue continued for a while after my blog post, but eventually Apple seemed to resolve it. Temporarily. Unfortunately, a very similar issue has arisen recently. Some Mojave users say that this issue was caused by installing Security Update 2021-002, which was released on February 9. Other Mojave users say that the Security Update was just a coincidence in time. I can't say definitively one way or another, but I can say definitively that the issue currently affects me (I did install Security Update 2021-002) and many other Mojave users. Apple's support community discussions are full of reports of App Store failures. There's no longer a "cancelled" error message in App Store app, like there was back in December. Instead, the App Store progress spinner simply continues spinning, and the app never downloads. (I can tell that the app download never starts, because I have Little Snitch installed.) This issue affects both app updates and new app installs, making both fail, no matter how many times you try.

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Mac App Store updates failing on Mojave, Part 2

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