
Add Macintosh HD (or whatever you named it) to this list and close the System Preferences window. Choose the Spotlight entry and switch to the Privacy tab.Ĭlick the Plus tab at the bottom of the list.


Open the Apple Menu and select System Preferences. It'll refuse to download or update the app on the primary partition.įixing this issue is simple you must delete the duplicate copy of the app and rebuild the Spotlight index. The index that the system creates will make the App Store think that a duplicate copy of the app exists on another drive. Apps you install on it get indexed by Spotlight.

This type of problem occurs when you install a beta version of macOS on another partition or external drive. If you're facing constant verification errors or incorrect download status issues, use this method to fix the problem.
