Avoid a Clean Install of macOS 26 Beta if you need Mac App Store apps...

[vbctv]

So just an FYI to everyone and alot of people are noticing it. There is a bug in both Beta 2 and 3 that has not been fixed that is in the Mac App Store. If you hit your name on the lower left sidebar, you will notice your purchased apps list is very small. most of your purchased apps are missing. Any app that is NOT installed on your Mac currently, wants you to repurchase or GET again. If you go into Account Setting and look through your purchased receipts, you will find that you did purchase them, but you can't access them.
If you log into the App Store on a non-beta Mac, everything shows up find for your purchased apps. This is a major bug.
If you do a clean install, and need certain apps on the App Store, there is a good chance you will NOT be able to download them until this bug is fixed.
I reported it own beta 2 and again now on beta 3. Apple has Not responded yet. But others are reporting the same issues. And I believe alot of others are unaware because they don't need apps that aren't currently installed in their system.

And this only affects macOS apps in the App Store, if you click the iPhone/iPad Apps tab, they all show up fine in your purchased apps. Hopefully this is fixed in beta 4. But avoid a clean install so you don't get stuck with no way to download your apps.

 

[dmccloud]

I just submitted a bug report for this as well as resubmitted a bug report for the inability to reload the updates panel in the App Store. In my case, both Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro are among the missing apps, so a clean install is not an option for me at this time.

 

[vbctv]

I just submitted a bug report for this as well as resubmitted a bug report for the inability to reload the updates panel in the App Store. In my case, both Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro are among the missing apps, so a clean install is not an option for me at this time.

That's why I posted, so people who need apps, DO NOT do a clean install of the beta, especially on a main machine because they will be done for. I don't ever remember a beta where this happened and don't even know how it's possible. But it is a bug because I logged into the App Store on a spare non-beta Mac, and all my purchases apps were there like normal. So 100% a beta issue. Still again just not sure how a bug like this would even be.
And I even counted, on a non-beta Mac, my purchased Mac apps how 77 apps, on the beta, it only shows me 12 purchased Mac apps. And luckily some not showing are installed so I don't have to worry too much unless I need an app NOT installed and then I'm SOL until a fix comes out...