iWorks no longer free after fresh install of El Capitan I just installed a fresh copy of El Capitan on my MacBook Pro Retina (2013 model), and iWorks are no longer free in the App Store, as has been the case in Yosemite. See the screenshot:



What are the possible causes and solutions?

I also changed the Apple ID on this computer, if that may be relevant.
The Apple business model is the opposite to that of Microsoft.

Purchases are tied to you &amp; your Apple ID, not to the machine they run on.

This makes migrating to a new machine very simple, but juggling purchases across multiple IDs difficult. Apple doesn't want you setting up multiple IDs just on a whim, it wants one user tied to one ID.

Once you start juggling IDs, you will find that each time you need to update anything, you will need to logout of your current ID &amp; log back in with the one used for that particular purchase.

Either that or set up Family Sharing with all your IDs as the members of the 'family'.