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User profile for user: Andy Kotz
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How do I remove unwanted updates from the App Store?

How do I remove unwanted updates from the App Store? So you understand better what I'm referring to:


I have the App Store icon in the Dock. When there's an update a red number appears on said icon. Well, I went to check on the updates and it's for 4 different applications I either no longer have or use. One of them is an update for Lion OS users. I'm still on Snow Leopard, so it doesn't even apply to me.


So there they sit... I'm not going to download the updates... so how do I get rid of them?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Logic 9, 4TB OWC

Posted on Mar 8, 2012 12:10 PM

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User profile for user: Carolyn Samit
Carolyn Samit
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Mar 8, 2012 12:26 PM in response to Andy Kotz

Hi Andy ..


no longer have or use


If there are updates available for apps you have deleted, try this.


Go to ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore


Move the Cache.db and Updates files from the com.apple.appstore folder to the Trash.


Empty the Trash, restart your Mac.


For any apps you still have installed but do not use, the updates will still be available from the Updates top of the App Store window and show on the red badge on the App Store icon in the Dock.




edited by: cs

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User profile for user: Andy Kotz
Andy Kotz Author
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Mar 8, 2012 1:01 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

Ok... thanks. I'll give that a try.


I saw your original response but saw that you edited it!

I was going to respond to the fact that the Lion OS was required for the latest version of a particular app I have installed... (there's no longer support for Snow Leopard by this 3rd party app) that's what I meant by "updates for Lion OS users"...


Cheers... I'll check back and mark this if it "solves" my problem.

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User profile for user: Mike Lipay
Mike Lipay
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Mar 11, 2012 6:20 AM in response to Andy Kotz

I am having the same problem, only I want to keep the app. It works under SL, but the new update does not. Since I cannot update to Lion (wrong Intel Mac), I will never need the update, but I want to keep the app. There really should be a way to do this, on my iPad, all I have to do is delete the app from iTunes, should be something similar for the Mac.

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How do I remove unwanted updates from the App Store?

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