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Q: iTunes update won't go away

I have updated my iTunes to 12.0.1 on my retina macbook pro, but the notification won't go away. I've tried to reset my computer and sign out of the store, but the icon badge will not go away.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 1:37 PM

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  • by c.angel,

    c.angel c.angel Oct 21, 2014 2:40 AM in response to Jsrb92
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    Oct 21, 2014 2:40 AM in response to Jsrb92

    Hi, I just want to add that I had the same problem and appreciate your answer as it helped me too.

    I think the Apple Support Community is great!!

    Thanks!

  • by koppernob,

    koppernob koppernob Oct 21, 2014 12:09 PM in response to Jsrb92
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    Oct 21, 2014 12:09 PM in response to Jsrb92

    Worked for me too, thanks

  • by Evsta04,

    Evsta04 Evsta04 Oct 21, 2014 4:36 PM in response to scottg1985
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    Oct 21, 2014 4:36 PM in response to scottg1985

    Ha, you left windows because their operating system and whole eco system is rubbish. Apple is much better.

     

    That being said, I am having the same issue. I installed Yosemite on both my iMac and MacBook Pro, it's only doing it on the iMac.

     

    I just used someone else's answer on here of re-downloading iTunes from the Apple website, and that fixed it straight away, give it a try.

  • by General_Zod,

    General_Zod General_Zod Oct 24, 2014 10:12 AM in response to Jsrb92
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    Oct 24, 2014 10:12 AM in response to Jsrb92

    If I do that will the new iTunes download simply replace my old one or will I have to delete the old one?

  • by alemacgirl,

    alemacgirl alemacgirl Oct 31, 2014 11:18 AM in response to Black-Jack21
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    Oct 31, 2014 11:18 AM in response to Black-Jack21

    Try with command line on Terminal:

     

    softwareupdate --ignore iTunesX-12.0.1

  • by marksjc,

    marksjc marksjc Nov 7, 2014 11:21 PM in response to Black-Jack21
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    Nov 7, 2014 11:21 PM in response to Black-Jack21

    Hi:  Having the same problem, but the solution stated doesn't work and I've tried it many times.  After downloading 12.0.1, nothing appears in the download or my default download folder.  What I did find is these two files,

     

    iTunes Library.itl

    iTunes Library Extras.it

     

    which apparently download to:

     

    [DriveName] ▸ Users ▸ [viceuser] ▸ Music ▸ iTunes

     

    Is this the correct behavior?  In any case opening iTunes after these are downloaded does not update to 12.0.1, but remains at iTunes 12.0.0.140.  I also tried the only other thing I can think of, which is to directly click the two files above.  For some reason, the Mac tries to open them with Windows iTunes (installed in parallels and on Bootcamp.  Forcing them to attempt to open with Mac ITunes, Mac ITunes oppens, but ITunes does not report the new versions.

     

    In all attempts I started with iTunes not running.

     

    As the Application Store is so insistent, this feels like torture (no, not the real stuff we did/didn't do recently; the former Vice President was not involved in any way, I'm certain).  To add water to boarding, iPhoto, which I would rather disappear, seems to open every time I connect my iPod, but I may have (may have) turned that off using a "switch" even though the documentation wasn't clear and I had no idea what I was/am doing (unlike the former Vice President).

     

    Thanks!

     

    Mark

  • by IdahoSAM,

    IdahoSAM IdahoSAM Nov 15, 2014 9:29 AM in response to Black-Jack21
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    Nov 15, 2014 9:29 AM in response to Black-Jack21

    I just installed iTunes 12.0.1 update FROM THE APPLE SITE, not through the App store.  Also tried the Terminal "ignore itunes" idea.  The above suggestions didn't work for me.  I still show the notification icon stating that I need to update my iTunes, even though it IS now 12.0.1.  The macbook was restarted as well.  I guess I will just have to ignore the notification.

  • by kamishai,

    kamishai kamishai Nov 25, 2014 4:11 AM in response to Jsrb92
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    Nov 25, 2014 4:11 AM in response to Jsrb92

    So even though iTunes is already existing, do we just download directly from the Apple webpage to fix this?

    Will downloading create a second iTunes or does it automatically "merge" with the existing iTunes?

  • by Jenish77,

    Jenish77 Jenish77 Nov 25, 2014 5:39 AM in response to Black-Jack21
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    Nov 25, 2014 5:39 AM in response to Black-Jack21

    How to go to the mac update?

  • by SAMeyers,

    SAMeyers SAMeyers Nov 25, 2014 6:22 AM in response to Black-Jack21
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    Nov 25, 2014 6:22 AM in response to Black-Jack21

    Once I installed the iTunes update from the Apple iTunes website, the update notification went away, though it did take a few hours to do so.

  • by jgross314,

    jgross314 jgross314 Dec 22, 2014 6:04 PM in response to Jsrb92
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    Dec 22, 2014 6:04 PM in response to Jsrb92

    Awesome! It worked thank you very much!

  • by marksjc,

    marksjc marksjc Dec 23, 2014 12:32 PM in response to Black-Jack21
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    Dec 23, 2014 12:32 PM in response to Black-Jack21

    Update, the only way I got this to work was to DELETE iTunes first.  I attempted command line and simply re-installing and only delete/re-install resolved the problem.

     

    Thank You!

  • by realcooltime,

    realcooltime realcooltime Jan 23, 2015 9:02 PM in response to Jsrb92
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    Jan 23, 2015 9:02 PM in response to Jsrb92

    Downloading from Apple's site solved this issue for me too.

  • by DrewJoseph183,

    DrewJoseph183 DrewJoseph183 Jan 26, 2015 11:29 PM in response to Black-Jack21
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    Jan 26, 2015 11:29 PM in response to Black-Jack21

    Hey!  What did you do exactly? Removed Itunes completely from your computer and then redownloaded it? Doesn't that remove all your music too?  I have the same problem and a perfectly organized huge library. I'd hate to screw everything up by deleting the app and reinstalling it.  Do you mind providing me instructions on what you did exactly?

  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed Jan 26, 2015 11:33 PM in response to DrewJoseph183
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    Jan 26, 2015 11:33 PM in response to DrewJoseph183

    The media libraries are not in the app, they are unaffected by removing the iTunes app itself.

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