You have updates available for other accounts. To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it.

I have only one Apple account but get this message when I try to update iPhoto, GarageBand and iMovie from the App Store. All this software was bundled with my Mac when I bought it last November. This happens when I am logged into the App Store with my only Aplle ID and when I am not logged in.
There appear to be a lot of Mac owners with the same problem but I have not found a solution that works for me. Apple Support does not seem to have an answer for this, which I find incredible and frustrating.
Any new ideas or fixes available?

I solved this. I had the exact same problem with my new MacBook Air 2012. I tried to install the iPhoto 9.3.1 update and got the same message you did, and I knew that I had associated my iLife '11 with the account I was using. So I followed the steps to check purchase history and saw that iTunes said "0 computers are authorized..."
In iTunes, signed in to my Mac App Store Apple ID, I went to "Store" on the menu bar and clicked "Authorize this Computer." I signed out and back in to the Mac App Store, and the update downloaded! That's it!
This must happen to people who use an Apple ID for their Mac App Store that is different from the Apple ID that they supply during their mac's setup. That one is probably automatically authorized, while the one you supply later is not. I hope you're still looking for answers and that this helps you.

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