Things wont update on my mac, not just from the App store.

Hey Everyone,
For the past month now i have realised that a lot of things are unable to "update" or install on my laptop.
An example of this is when i tried to buy something from the app store it was almost fully downloaded but a message came up saying it has failed. This has happened several times over a period of time.
Even for other things when they have an avaliable update a message will come up saying it failed or it was unable to update
Thanks very much

Try this temporary workaround
App Store>Purchased>Select "All"
Note: Look out for apps that have the word "Update"
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/9c256282736869f322d4b3071bbb2 a82_zps51a6f546.jpg

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