How to update apps when another person used their apple id instead of mine

Another person set up my mac 3 years ago and used their apple id to download apps but I no longer know them. How do I do updates for my apps with my id?

You cannot. You will need to Purchase those Apps using Your Apple ID.
Anything Downloaded with a Particular Apple ID is tied to that Apple ID and Cannot be Merged or Transferred to a Different Apple ID
Apple ID FAQs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5622

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My son purchased apps for my iPad and has since changed his Apple ID. The apps won't update because they need me to input his old password for his old ID which is now no longer in use.....how do I fix this?
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I am afraid all apps are tied to the Apple Id that they are purchased with.
You need the old password.

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I have about 50 apps on my Iphone, I'v bought them form my Iphones (I had 3 and 3S and 4). I'v bougth them with an apple ID and I'v never have problem to sync with my new phones. But now I forget my password for this ID and I couldn't fixed it, because I forget all my register data: my old e-mail adress, and I don't know how don't match my birth date, so I can't use this ID, whether I'v used my credit card for ages. I made a new Apple ID with the same credit card, and I'd have liked to update my apps, but I couldn't do it because this apps was bought with my old ID. So Can I able to update my apps somehow or I have to buy again them just because I forget my old registration datas?

You shall have to purchase them again. The only way to update them is with the Apple ID that bought them. Apple will not combine Apple IDs.
Unless you can recover the old Apple ID, it is easy;
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Emma,
If two people have separate libraries on the same computer, it is best to put them into two separate Windows User accounts.
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SeanB15 wrote:
Here are more details on my situation which should help clarify things...
I purchased three iPhone 4 models back when they first came out (for my family) that all share the same iTunes account for access to apps and music, but each phone/user still has his/her custom contact list, email accts, and select lists of apps and music from the one iTunes acct library. The problem is (as I understand it) that I can only update the software on one of the three iPhones – the primary phone I used to setup the iTunes acct without wiping out the separate contact lists, etc. As it stands today... the first (primary) iPhone associated with the iTune acct has been updated with the latest software version 5.1.1 and sync'd up with all the apps, music, etc from the one iTune acct, while the other two iPhones are still running on the original software version 4.0.2 and are experiencing problems now. I was advised by AT&T back in January that it would be necessary to setup separate iTunes accts for the second and third iPhones in order to receive system updates and still be able to manage separate contact lists, etc. If I go this route, I assume we will lose all the apps on phones #2 and #3 that we have been "sharing"... correct? Since this AT&T advice was prior to iCloud coming out, would iCloud be a better solution or at least part of the solution? I really don't yet understand how iCloud works. Hopefully, one of you can help me??
we have 2 iphone 4's synced to the same itunes account for apps and music since the day we bought them, but each has a different icloud acct. they have both been updated on the same itunes account with every update that has come out since we bought them in december of 2010. nothing on either phone has ever been lost or duplicated. having said all that, maybe i'm missing something here, but we have had no problems. we do have itunes setup to sync manually. i do believe i'm a piker compared to lawrence finch, but i'm just telling you what happens in my house. maybe check with apple? is there a store near you?

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Hi again,
After a little further research, it appears that you would need to create separate iTunes libraries in order to be able to continue to purchase and download previously purchased items on the same computer, for two different Apple IDs. Sorry - but my husband and I have had the library we sync with authorized for so long, that we have not run into this issue, but it appears that you will get an warning when you try to authorize the second ID on the same computer, indicating that another ID is already associated with it.
So, you will probably have to set up separate iTunes libraries for each ID:
http://www.imore.com/how-use-multiple-apple-ids-one-computer-and-itunes
Sorry for any confusion - hope this helps!
Cheers,
GB

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Dre70 wrote:
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Apple ID FAQs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5622

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Fatinc97 wrote:
Bt I Cnt Get His Password
We are sorry for your loss. You will need to repurchase the app under your Apple ID. There is no way around it.
Umm I Cant Change This Habbit Of Typing
Yes, you can. Habits are made. They can be broken. Unless, of course, you're too lazy to try?

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