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App updates are not showing up in iTunes

I have a notification of 14 apps for updating on my iPad and 15 apps on my iPhone. Yet, nothing is appearing in iTunes on my MacBook Pro / OS 10.9. No matter how often I click "Check for Updates", I am told that there are no updates available for my library. When I check the version numbers of the apps in my iTunes that appear on my iPad & iPhone, they are a version below what is available.


This has only started happening in the last couple of days.

iTunes-OTHER, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Dec 13, 2013 4:52 PM

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Posted on Dec 13, 2013 7:33 PM

I have the same problem; on my ipad it says there are updates available for some of my apps, but they're not showing up on my itunes.

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Dec 14, 2013 5:57 AM in response to tetherballpro

I have exactly the same problem (Canada). Itunes running on Windows 7 ... it shows no updates for any apps available even when I hit "Check for Updates". My Iphone, Ipad, kids Ipods all show multiple apps waiting for an update (and they are ... I can verify that the apps on the devices are out of date - Minecraft is just one example).


In addition, this problem has existed for the new Apple apps Keynote, Pages, Numbers ... for weeks. I am not sure any of these ever showed up as needing updates in Itunes even though my phone indicated that updates were available. Now the issue seems to have been extended to all apps.

Dec 14, 2013 6:51 AM in response to tetherballpro

I experienced the same problem in Malaysia. It all started yesterday while I was trying to updates my apps.


When I click the "Check for Updates" button, initially it showed I had 15 updates. I didn't update them because iTunes froze when I tried to plug in my iPhone. I forced quit iTunes, and when I restarted it and checked for updates again, there weren't anymore updates, eventhough my idevices clearly showed there were updates. Going into the app profiles pages on iTunes clearly showed the "Update" button.


It has been more than 28 hours and counting now and the issue has remained unresolved. I had to manually update the apps singly.

Dec 14, 2013 7:52 AM in response to tetherballpro

I am in the United States. I am using the most recent version of itunes. All my apple devices show that I have updates, however itunes will not show the update no matter how many times I click the update button. I am able to update my apps on my iPhone and iPad and then I have to sync back to itunes in order to update my itunes library. I have had this problem for a couple of days. When connecting apple directly by phone, they transferred me 4 times and no one could figure out the problem. Perhaps it is a server problem on their end or a big. Nevertheless, I received no help with my problem.

App updates are not showing up in iTunes

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