Now, my iMac doesn't display the Mac App Store properly! What's up, Apple?

Okay, I mentioned that my MBP was not displaying the Mac App Store properly... now its my iMac! Stupid blue boxes and unloaded tiles are the problem. Before anyone asks, my Internet connection works well. Anybody else having this problem (see photo)? What's up, Apple?! I'm tired of reloading the page and crossing my fingers. Fix your junky software!
Oh, when you added OS updates to the App Store, that's when problems started. Thanks, Apple!

Well, there's nothing wrong with my ISP or strength of my wi-fi signal. As you can see from the enclosed photo, the signal is very strong at the top of the UI. The picture was taken several minutes AFTER waking from sleep mode and after a page reloading (the Mac App Store actually displayed more icons, prior to the refresh). Additionally, the Mac App Store is slow as heck to load. I don't have any of these problems with any other Internet connected application, including the App Store on my iPad 2! All of the problems are localized around the Mac App Store. Ironically, the app store on my Windows 8 Pro virtual machine runs without a hitch!
Mac App Store icons don't always load correctly w/ strong wi-fi signal
No problem with the Windows 8 store running on a virtual machine using Parallels Desktop 8 (see, no ISP issues!)
Message was edited by: Megatron63
Just a reminder... this happens to BOTH of my Macs (MBP & iMac)! My PC, Ubuntu, and Chromium virtual machines run Internet-connected applications without a problem. I hate the Mac App store!

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I can't download anything on the Mac App store. It says This Apple ID cannot be used for the Mac App Store.

I went into settings, iTunes & App Store and tapped on my appleID, then signed out. I went back into the App Store on my phone and tried to download the app and then signed in again, and it worked!

The Mac App Store Discussion, what is it for?

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
The Mac App Store, a feature once only available to iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch users, now is available for those who are able to load 10.6.6 on their Intel Macs. The link below shows which Macs are compatible with it:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2126451
Now while this board does have a Discussions forum for the App Store:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1432&start=0
It is not a place to:
1. Contact the developers of the said App, although some may look on it to see what people are saying.
2. Contact Apple. For that, there are these two links:
http://www.apple.com/contact/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/
3. Complain about the price of a program.
4. Complain about the availability of the store in prior operating system updates.
5. Complain about the setup of 10.6.6 or later to get access to the Apple Store.
6. Complain about the compatibility of an application you bought from the store.
You can though enquire how users fixed issues of installation. Remember this is only a user to user board with moderators who help there be a lively discussion following the rules you agreed to when you signed up under the link for Help & Terms of Use.
You can though enquire how to contact developers if that was not made clear in the store.
You can enquire if users have found ways to make specific applications work.
You can certainly enquire how to prepare your machine for 10.6.6 to avoid issues of upgrading.
Note, this is just a user to user forum with people vollunteering who have technical knowledge which may differ from yours.
So don't panic and have fun!
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http://www.apple.com/support/mac/app-store/contact.html?form=account

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Sean Foley wrote:
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James....
You arne't necessarily doing anything wrong.
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Now, my iMac doesn't display the Mac App Store properly! What's up, Apple?

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