Apple OS update to El Capitan, issues

I was helping someone else to update their OS.

For some reason it wouldn't let them download it using their own Apple ID (in the Apple Store), kept giving a generic error. So I logged in with my Apple ID and it worked, downloaded & installed fine.

Now, whenever they want to get updates using their own Apple ID it says "Update Unavailable with this Apple ID - This update is not available for this Apple ID either because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled."

This is extremely frustrating. How can I allow it to work with their ID or to connect the upgrade to their ID instead of mine?

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intoxicated_curveball

8/22/2022 - Mon

Alan Henderson

10/22/2015

Have you tried changing the Apple ID back to the original?
https://support.apple.com/en-nz/HT202667

Rahul Mehta

10/22/2015

It's true as it reads the purchase history of their as that is loged in. U can also download the dmg of the update file from Apple.com/support and update the OS.

Search using this link:https://support.apple.com/en_IN/downloads

intoxicated_curveball

10/26/2015

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Alan - that won't work because both IDs are assigned as Apple IDs.

Rahul - I don't see the OS download, only the update.

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William Peck

serialband

10/27/2015

Try using another local account and then sign up to his ID to get the OS download. Maybe some preference got corrupted and needs to be cleaned up.

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intoxicated_curveball

10/28/2015