When I browse the Mac App Store, the buy button of the Xcode app is shown as "installed" so that I can't buy it. But I can't find it in my Applications folder either.
How can I locate the app? Or how can I change the "installed" button to "buy" button?
Best Answer
You could try inspecting the output of
to see if any of the names look like the package that claims to be installed, then
to see where it was installed. If it's not actually found there, you could try
and see if the App Store will let you re-download; but at that point I'd probably contact App Store support first, as mucking with the package database might cause bigger problems (like, conceivably, forgetting that you ever bought the program — although I would hope Apple's programmers were smarter than that).