App Store: "The update couldn't be completed. Try again later"

[Pangalactic]

I'm not sure if this is specific to my M1 Macbook Air, but for some reason why I try to update apps from the App Store, around 50% of them don't update for the first time with this error. Now if I try it again and again eventually after 3-5 tries is does work.
Has anyone else encountered this and is there any way to fix it?

 

[za9ra22]

This happens to me from time to time on my Intel-based 2016 iMac and MBP. Logging out of the store account and then back in again has resolved it for me.

 

[Fair Witness]

This happens to me as well, kind of weird/funny.

 

[jdb8167]

I'm not sure if this is specific to my M1 Macbook Air, but for some reason why I try to update apps from the App Store, around 50% of them don't update for the first time with this error. Now if I try it again and again eventually after 3-5 tries is does work.
Has anyone else encountered this and is there any way to fix it?

It was happening repeatedly yesterday. It is just normal Apple services flakiness. Nothing to do with the M1. It happens on my 2013 Xeon Mac Pro too.

 

[xszuflax]

Same here, pretty random. Sometimes it happens a couple of times in a row. What I noticed is that when I start the app I want to update and retry it will update no problem.

 

[xszuflax]

It was happening repeatedly yesterday. It is just normal Apple services flakiness. Nothing to do with the M1. It happens on my 2013 Xeon Mac Pro too.

Right, but did not happen at least not as often on Catalina

 

[Apple_Robert]

I got that message a lot with Big Sur a while back. Thankfully, it hasn't happened recently.

 

[jeanlain]

Same here. It happens randomly.

 

[Runs For Fun]

Yep I see this randomly too. Haven't found any way to fix it.

 

[shimpster]

I got this on a couple of the Apple Apps while setting up my M1 MacBook Pro. Nothing fixed it will I rebooted the laptop.

 

[ewu]

it happens to me as well, randomly app store will prompt to update some of software again and again.