Can't Ignore Updates - 10.9 Mavericks

I have the same problem. Shortly after I upgraded to Mavericks, I got rid of Pages 5, since it caused me lots of problems. I'm still working with the latest version of Pages '09. I did not delete the whole iWorks app, just the Pages portion. I did this by dragging it to the trash. So I no longer have Pages 5 and everything seems to be fine, so far ---EXCEPT I'm getting the notification that there's an update available for it. Since I no longer have the app, I probably won't be wanting to update it any time soon. I wonder if the app store thinks I still have Pages 5 because I still have the new Keynote & Numbers part of the new iWorks? I WAS able to "hide the purchase" of Pages 5, but this hasn't seemed to help. I still have the update notification showing.

For me, all I did was hide the entire iWork 09 folder in Spotlight Privacy. Here is how:

Quit the App Store if running.
System Preferences:App Store.
Uncheck everything.
System Preferences:Spotlight

Privacy Tab: Click +

Navigate to Applications

Single click on iWork 09
Click Choose.

System Preferences:App Store.
Recheck everything.
Launch App Store--iWork updates are no longer showing.

Now I am running Mavericks 10.9.5. So I have no idea if this would work for previous versions, but I would assume so.

Bless you, baraktorvan, your solution worked for me, and it's incredibly easy to do. No digging through system files etc. Finally got rid of the pesky new Keynote, Pages and Numbers update alerts. I can't recall how many times I've accidentally downloaded and installed them, only to purge them from my system afterwards. My SSD thanks you.

I am glad I could help and glad it worked for you as well!

I found this work around.

go to the Notification Center system preferences in OS X Mavericks, you will see option for which Do Not Disturb will be active. This feature is intended to disable Notification Center for periods such as when you might be at work, but it can be used to effectively disable Notification Center at all relevant times, by simply setting a 23-hour, 59-minute time frame that turns over sometime during the night.

For example, if you are usually asleep at 3 a.m, you can set the time frame to be from 3 a.m. to 2:59 a.m., and the system will then only have Notification Center enabled for that one minute during the night, and then disable it again.

Don't know if this has been already pointed out somewhere on this thread, but 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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Then you have a different App Store than I do .... because I just went to the Mac App Store, clicked on the updates tab to list the updates that are waiting, and I right-clicked all over the place, including on the text in the description, and NONE of them responded in any way.

you have to hold down the option key and click in message area to get the hide option.

Were you logged in when you tried? For it to work, you have to be signed in to your Apple account.

So, just to make sure (even though it was saying "Welcome Marc"), I made a point of logging in to my account, with the same results.

To digital print right-click = option-click , but, again, just to be sure, I tried both right-click AND option-click. And in both cases got no response.

So, just to make sure (even though it was saying "Welcome Marc"), I made a point of logging in to my account, with the same results.

To digital print right-click = option-click , but, again, just to be sure, I tried both right-click AND option-click. And in both cases got no response.

Just to be sure, we are talking about the App Store application in your Applications folder in your computer, not any online site, not the iTunes App Store, are we? Because my App Store certainly doesn't welcome me.

And you are trying this from the "Updates" tab, isn't it?

Any way, the equivalent to right click is not option + click, but ctrl + click.

Well, let me put it this way.....

I go to the Apple menu and select "App Store"

When the window opens up I click on "Welcome Marc" and enter my password to login

Then I click on the "Updates" tab and it lists all of the updates I have waiting (6 of them)

Within that list I move my cursor over "Red Crucible", a game I tried and decided I don't care for, therefore I'm not interested in updates for it

I tried left-clicking on the icon, I tried control-clicking on the icon, I tried option-clicking on the icon (and yes, I stand corrected on the option-click versus control-click) with no response ....

So I tried left-clicking on the text to the right of the icon (and several places within the text), I tried control-clicking on the text to the right of the icon (and several places within the text), I tried option-clicking on the text to the right of the icon (and several places within the text) with no response.

I have tried everything that has been recommended here .... with no response.

I had the same problem after updating from Snow Leopard to Yosemite today, and your fix worked for me too Baraktorvan, so thanks!