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Not sure if this is an iTunes or iTunes Store question. iTunes is telling me I have 3 app updates waiting - only problem is they all require iOS 7 as a minimum, but I only have iOS 6.1.3/4 on my iDevices (which iTunes KNOWS). How can I hide these incompatible apps or tell iTunes to ignore them? Oh, this is for iTunes 10.7.
By looking at the updates available in the App Store on your device, you will see what works on that device. Then you got to iTunes and update only those, ignoring the rest. If your iDevice has iOS 6, there aren't many that you will have to ignore - for now. My iPod touch 1G now has dozens of updates that don't work on it, since it is topped out at iOS 3. So I ignore all the updates listed until one shows up on the App Store on the touch. Eventually, my iPhone 3gs will reach that stage, too, and by checking the App Store on it I won't have to check each update listed on iTunes to see if it will still work on iOS 6.
If you have devices with various iOS versions, it would seem to make sense to have separate accounts for each. Why not? It may be clumsy, but it saves hassle figuring out which app works with which device. And I have a separate loging on the computer for each device, too. Which is easy for me, really, since I have just about given up on updating anything on the touch! And it give the the opportunity to have different music libraries, too.
jlevinson wrote:
By looking at the updates available in the App Store on your device, you will see what works on that device. Then you got to iTunes and update only those, ignoring the rest.
Why not simply update all on the device then transfer purchases to iTunes?
That would work, too. My original suggestion was to romad who has 3 devices and didn't want to update one app three times, once for each device.
I think we all lagree that Apple should fix this and I have sent in a request for such a fix.
Interesting update. Today I launched iTunes and ALL pending updates had disappeared - both iOS 7 only and iOS 6 and below apps. Of course, the App Store app on my iPhone showed 7 apps waiting to be downloaded, 2 of which were also shown on the iPad.
Ignore App Updates That Can't Work On iDevice?
