I would like to ignore or hide iMovie update in App Store because it is not compatible with my iMac 24" Late 2008 and any attempt to run the update fails by telling that it is not compatible.
So please, how can I ignore or hide an update in OS X Mavericks 10.9.x App Store?
-Pete
iBook G4, Mac Mini, iPhone,..., Mac OS X (10.5.4)
In the update window expand the description by clicking "more" Then right (ctrl) click anywhere in the window and select "Hide update"
Hi Steve,
Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately for me the context menu does not open with right click. I wonder if it has been removed from Mavericks?
Below is a screenshot where a right click inside the marked area does not do anything.
-Pete
Actually the iMovie update should be listed as incompatible update and I should not be bothered with it. There seems to be an error in resolving the requirements for that update. iMovie should not be pushed to systems with incompatible hardware.
I tested the update on 10.8.x and there it seems that you can only ignore operating system updates. It seems to me that other software updates can not be ignored at all.
I do not understand the logic behind this design. I would see that user should be able to call off any update for whatever reason she likes.
Maybe I should report this to Apple feedback. Please report it too, if you think this is an issue to you too.
To add to the frustration, now I am getting popup reminders to install this update with no option to permanently hide or even remove app store from the notification center.
I also wanted to remove App Store update's for iMovie, as well as all the iWork apps. Also for me, starting in OSX 10.9, right clicking on an update in the App Store no longer produces the Ignore option. I was able to work around the problem. You will need to download a copy of the new version of iMovie, but you'll delete it once you are done. Prior to downloading the new iMovie, either remane it, or move it somewhere, so that it isn't deleted during the download. Inside the new iMovie application (right click on the application and select Show Package Contents), then inside the folder called Contents, you'll find a folder called _MASReceipt. Copy this folder into the Contents folder of the old iMovie application. You can then delete the new iMovie and rename or replace the original iMovie. Once you do that, the App Store apparently believes that the old version of iMovie is the new version, and will not longer list iMovie as an available update.
I have used this for the iWork applications as well. While I haven't used them extensivly since making this change, they appear to be working normally.
We'll need to do this each time one of the applicaitons is updated, but at least we can get ride of the notices.
Thanks, dmbrownaa, for your work-around solution. I've been trying to get rid of an unwanted "OmmWriter" update reminder by the AppStore.app since last December. This did the job.
Apple has released iMovie 10.0.1 that seems to support older video cards. I was having the same issue as the originaly poster, but when I went to try out the instructions from dmbrownaa, I was able to successfully install iMovie.
iMovie 10.0.1 update was compatible with my iMac 24" early 2008 machine. I still think that AppStore should allow people to opt out updates if they want to. I wonder what happens if someone does not agree with the EULA of an update?
Here's my workaround to getting the App Store to quit nagging me about updating iWork( purchased on DVD and supposedly not eligible for an update even if the App Store nags about it). It should work for iMovie or any other application that you can put in a subfolder in the /Applications directory.
The jist of the workaround is that the App Store uses Spotlight to determine what's installed. You have to make the applications invisible to Spotlight and also make the App Store forget it ever saw them on your computer.
sudo mdutil -Ei off /
See this discussion for instructions.
sudo mdutil -i on /
Once the Spotlight database is rebuilt you can open and log back into the App Store. You should have any notices about the applications in the ignored folders selected in step 1 above.
Good luck.
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I simply removed the iPhoto and iMovie applications to get rid of update notifications that required me to provide CC information to Apple. Solves it for me.
Thank you for your opinion on this, unfortunately we are not seeking a way to remove applications from a computer here. We are discussing how to prevent updates from app-store.
Nice. Thanks. Together with another post about enabling debug mode, this works.
I added the entire iLife folder to Privacy and it disappeared instantly from the App Store.
I couldn't put iBook in a folder but the App Store allowed me to Hide Update for iBook.
Can you disable update checking to stop the nagging?
System Preferences > App Store. Disable automatic checking.
Clearly you will still need to check for updates to avoid security risks, but the nagging should stop.
I realise it doesn't fix the status in the App Store but it could help?
I have just found out that the "hide" option to ignore a specific update on the App Store is still available in Mavericks, but not by right clicking on the "update" button as it used to be, but on the text body of the description itself!
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