Updating XCODE using different apple account

Question

I have MAC OS 10.7.3. xcode 4.3.1 installed using different apple id as my macbook pro was used previously by my friend. Now when i try to upgrade Xcode to 4.3.2 it asking credentials for my friends account. Unfortunately App store clearly says you can upgrade an app using the account which was used to install the app.

How can i upgrade Xcode using my credentials?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I am sure you would have solved this by now but just posting the solution here that worked for me..

1. Open Finder and navigate to Applications,
2. Ctrl+Click the application and choose "Show Package Contents" (Xcode in this case),
3. Expand the Contents directory and click the _MASReceipt directory to select it, Type Command+Delete to delete the directory permanently---you will be prompted for your credentials since this is a protected file.
4. Quit and restart AppStore, then find the application. You can update with your new id now without deleting the old version of the app

Hope this helps someone coz it took me a while to figure out !!