hide unwanted updates in app store

I thought I was crazy, clicking EVERYwhere to get the "hide update" to show (for a Mac OS 10.12.5 Public Beta I no longer wanted to try).

Discovered something weird: I finally accidentally got the Hide Update ctrl-click to appear, and it depends on WHERE in the white space you click. In the expanded ("show more") view, if you click on the text, no submenu. If you click on the white space next to the update title, no submenu. Click on the icon, the update title, no submenu. Click on the whitespace BETWEEN the title and the first text header/paragraph, no submenu. But: Click on the whitespace to the right of the first text (which in this case says "Installation Instructions"), I get the "Hide Update" submenu! Also works to the right of any text (under the "update" button), or whitespace within the description text (but not the text itself).

Someone at Apple needs to get their z-order right for clickable hotspots & text fields.

I have a similar problem. As an Admin in a school where we have quite a few Macs I have logged the school Apple ID in on all the computers to have secure FindMyMac on all computers both portable and desktop.

One user on a potrable logged in on her account and logged in her Apple ID and purchased an app that I now get nagged about on all computers. It also requires the users Apple ID and password. I managed to hide it from the Purchased tab but it stays in the Updates tab. This app is not installed on any other computer. HELP.

These are likely to be updates for apps that are on your computer, but that you never actually purchased.

Or didn't purchase through the app store.

Or didn't purchase with the account in which you are logged in.

That's not actually a solution. But maybe some smart people can pick up on it and use it for an actual solution 🙂

If you didn't purchase that app yourself and it was purchased with a different Apple ID but you still keep receiving notifications about it, the only possible explanation is that you share a "family" in the App Store, that is, one of you is the "head" of the family and manages payment, but all of you are registered so as to be able to share purchases from other members.

If the updates notification bothers you, you should be able to skip it and hide it by login into your Apple account at the App Store, going to the "Updates" tab, and right-clicking on it (or ctrl + click) to choose "Hide this update".

I have gone through hiding the update in App Store but that does not seem to work. I still get notifications of app not installing automatically a few times a week when logged in as administrator on the computers. The users do not seem to be affected by this.

Very much the same as mine.
Apps that I never use.

Control click does no good.
Changing accounts makes no difference.
I have no family account.
Any more ideas?

Maybe I'll delete the apps completely.
But you never know when you might be inspired to fiddle with them.

I have a similar problem. Long time ago, I refused a program and was reimbursed by Apple. Since then, this application reluctantly asks for an update which is impossible since I do not own it.

The application is in the "Updates" list but has no "Hide update" menu.

What shall I do to get ride of that item in the update list ?

Right click on the update in the App Store and choose "Hide"

hmmm. Try right clicking on the App under the Purchased tab instead.

The RAW Camera update is part of the OS and wouldn't be listed. Nor can you "hide" it or other OS updates as far as I know. iMovie is also part of the OSX updates.

what are the other 3?

edit: I guess you can hide OS updates. 😊

right click on a white space next to the entry.

Old Baldrick wrote:

The option Show All on the App Store menu tab is greyed-out.

What version of the App Store are you using? I have no "Show All" option in the App Store.