Mac OS X Mavericks 10.9.1 and App Store not notifying about or automatically checking for updates event though all settings are correct

{

DidRegisterLocalUpdates = 1;

IgnoringUnseenRamped = 0;

LastAttemptSystemVersion = "10.9.1 (13B42)";

LastBackgroundCCDSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-02 02:25:36 +0000";

LastBackgroundSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-02 02:25:36 +0000";

LastFullSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-02 02:25:20 +0000";

LastRecommendedUpdatesAvailable = 0;

LastResultCode = 0;

LastSessionSuccessful = 1;

LastSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-02 02:25:20 +0000";

LastUpdatesAvailable = 0;

PrimaryLanguages = (

en

);

RecommendedUpdates = (

);

SkipLocalCDN = 0;

}

Hi Linc - Above is the output you requested. I noticed when I was working today that my iMac for the first time announced that updates were available to install, but still no red circle showing up on the App Store icon in my dock. Also usually when something is announced, I can respond to it, but there was no accompanying text box saying install now or later. There was nothing, just the announcement. I have not gone to the App Store yet to see what the announcement was referring to. I thought I would give you this information first. If there is some way to turn off the announcement, I would prefer to have the updates download and install automatically, which is what I have selected in preferences, or at the very least show me an indication in the dock via the badge app icon.

Thanks so much for your help.

Anna

Hi Linc -

I have had the App Store Preferences set this way since I upgraded to Mavericks the end of October, 2013. Sorry it took me a couple of days to get this to you. I tried several times on February 1, 2013, but I guess they were updating Apple Support Communities at the time and I kept getting error messages.

Anna

* February 1, 2014

This may have solved it Linc! I say "may" because until the next update comes along I will not know for sure. After I unchecked and re-checked "Automatically check for updates" per your note above, I went to the App Store, and it was once again showing a flag on the badge icon at the top of the App Store Screen (a number 1 for one update that was available). It did not download the update automatically however. But at least it was notifying me. I do know that there was no flag showing on the badge icon in my dock prior to the uncheck/recheck. Do you still want the shell command output?

{

AutomaticCheckEnabled = 1;

DidRegisterLocalUpdates = 1;

IgnoringUnseenRamped = 0;

LastAttemptSystemVersion = "10.9.1 (13B42)";

LastBackgroundCCDSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 04:50:24 +0000";

LastBackgroundSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 04:50:24 +0000";

LastFullSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 04:50:09 +0000";

LastRecommendedUpdatesAvailable = 0;

LastResultCode = 2;

LastSessionSuccessful = 1;

LastSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 23:55:35 +0000";

LastUpdatesAvailable = 0;

PrimaryLanguages = (

en

);

RecommendedUpdates = (

);

SkipLocalCDN = 0;

}

Not my intention. When I unchecked Automatically check for updates (top box) the system unchecked all the boxes below it as well (without my having to do so). When I re-checked Automatically check for updates (top box) it re-checked all the boxes below it as well (without my having to do so). App Store system preferences looked exactly the same as it did in the photo above with all boxes checked before I ran the shell command a second time.

So maybe I need to go into the subsets of Automatically check for updates and uncheck and recheck each one, while leaving the Automatically check for updates box checked in order to get those to register as well??

I will try that, and then run the shell command once more.

And I will also uncheck and recheck automatically download apps purchased on other Macs too, just to be sure.

I'll post the shell command results again when I have finished.

Hi Linc - Here is hopefully the last shell command output. Per the above, I left the Automatically check for updates box checked (since you verified that it was working), and I manually unchecked and re-checked the three boxes under it. I also manually unchecked and re-checked the Automatically download apps purchased on others Macs too (that one took awhile to do). Here are the results now with everything checked again:

{

AutomaticCheckEnabled = 1;

AutomaticDownload = 1;

ConfigDataInstall = 1;

CriticalUpdateInstall = 1;

DidRegisterLocalUpdates = 1;

IgnoringUnseenRamped = 0;

LastAttemptSystemVersion = "10.9.1 (13B42)";

LastBackgroundCCDSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 04:50:24 +0000";

LastBackgroundSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 04:50:24 +0000";

LastFullSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 04:50:09 +0000";

LastRecommendedUpdatesAvailable = 0;

LastResultCode = 2;

LastSessionSuccessful = 1;

LastSuccessfulDate = "2014-02-04 23:55:35 +0000";

LastUpdatesAvailable = 0;

PrimaryLanguages = (

en

);

RecommendedUpdates = (

);

SkipLocalCDN = 0;

}

Thank you so much for your help Linc. That was the best help for an issue that I have received on Apple Support Communities thus far, and I really appreciate the time you took, how professional you were, your patience and your step-by-step methodology.

Anna