App store asks for login to the wrong account

My previously employer had initially purchased this software (FCPX) on this Mac. When I left the company I was allowed to purchase the Mac from them. I no longer have access to the Apple ID that was used to purchase this software on this Mac so I deleted it (FCPX) from my Mac and repurchased it from my AppleID however, when I try to update FCPX the App Store demands the password for my old AppleID. How do I get the software that I purchased to update?

I have this same problem! All the iOS apps on 2 iPads and 2 iPhones have to be deleted and reinstalled again when clearly the iTunes Store must know that those apps were originally acquired under the previous Apple ID. Why is the "ownership" of the apps not heritable??? I've been into the "Featured" tab in the App Store to look to sign out of the old ID but it shows the correct current ID. There are currently 47 apps needing an update, all of which won't download because they were purchased or acquired with the old ID. When I changed ISP's back in August of this year I was told my Apple Support that the original Apple ID tied to my previous ISP had to be deleted, without ever mentioning that this would involve this aggravating process of having to delete old apps and try to replace them by making a list of those that won't download under the new ID and reinstalling them all over again. Several apps were "paid" apps and I don't see why I should have to pay for them again! Oftentimes I just give up rather than have to go through this frustrating & arduous process of delete-sign out of ID-sign back in-try to download again when Apple could simply mark your new ID as having replaced the old ID.

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