Old Baldrick
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Q: hide unwanted updates in app store

I've continually got 5 updates nagging me in the App Store - RAW updates for cameras I will never own and the latest iMovie and iWork offerings that I don't want.

There must surely be a simple way to hide these unwanted updates and to turn off the constant notifications and nags about these updates…

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 24, 2016 5:28 AM

by JimmyCMPIT,Apple recommended
JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT
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A:

right click on a white space next to the entry.

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Posted on Mar 24, 2016 6:09 AM

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  • by Old Baldrick,

    Old Baldrick Old Baldrick Mar 24, 2016 7:35 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT
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    Mar 24, 2016 7:35 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

    This is most odd …

    I was on an Admin account. I created another Admin account, logged in and opened the App Store. It's the same version and shows the same 5 Apps with updates available. Once again, right-clicking, or more specifically two-finger clicking produced no results.

    I opened System Preferences > Trackpad and found the new account has facility for 2-finger clicking only, not 2-finger tapping. Neither 2-finger clicking, 2-finger tapping nor actually right-clicking has any effect in the App Store Update tab.

    I logged out from this 2nd Admin account and into my original Admin account. Upon opening System Preferences > Trackpad, I note that this account has the option of 2-finger clicking.

    1st picture shows trackpad options with the new Admin account

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    2nd picture shows Trackpad options that I've always had with my original Admin account

    Screen Shot 2.png

    These clicking/tapping variations are a separate issue from my original quest of merely trying to hide the unwanted updates within the App Store and turn off the persistent nagging notifications about these updates.

  • by JimmyCMPIT,

    JimmyCMPIT JimmyCMPIT Mar 24, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Old Baldrick
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    Mar 24, 2016 7:48 AM in response to Old Baldrick

    are you using a trackpad or a mouse? if mouse what make/model?

    is there a mouse you can plug in if you're using the pad?

     

    I have an MS mouse and replaced with magic mouse II, and after a few hours with it and fighting those preferences I went back to the MS mouse, there are things I need my MM to do with some 3rd software I use and despite the videos on how to enable it both apple and youtube it seems to have a mind of it's own.

  • by dialabrain,

    dialabrain dialabrain Mar 24, 2016 7:52 AM in response to Old Baldrick
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    Mar 24, 2016 7:52 AM in response to Old Baldrick

    FWIW, My settings are the same in OSX 10.11.4 as your second picture.

     

    Did you ever have third-party gesture software installed such as BetterTouchTool or MagicPrefs, etc.?

     

    Do you have a Wacom tablet installed?

  • by Old Baldrick,

    Old Baldrick Old Baldrick Mar 24, 2016 7:54 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT
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    Mac OS X
    Mar 24, 2016 7:54 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

    It's a standard MacBook Pro trackpad. A single 2-finger tap always works where a conventional right-click is needed - except in this instance in the App Store Update tab where no amount of right-clicking, 2-finger clicking or 2-finger tapping has any effect

  • by RT11 guru,

    RT11 guru RT11 guru Apr 5, 2016 8:29 AM in response to Old Baldrick
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    Apr 5, 2016 8:29 AM in response to Old Baldrick

    I have this same issue. I am on 10.11.4 (need to update profile) with App Store build 462.9 (same version, 2.1). I have updates for iMovie and iPhotos on a work computer where I have no interest in these updates. Right-clicking until I have carpal tunnel syndrome brings up no hidden "hide" button. You can hide the purchased items in the Purchase tab of the App Store with a right-click but they still appear in Updates. I see this on two different computers with admin accounts. Thankfully, I get no nag notifications for these updates.

  • by a4vsa5,

    a4vsa5 a4vsa5 Sep 19, 2016 3:10 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT
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    Sep 19, 2016 3:10 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

    I'm on admin account and right clicking anywhere including white space and the button has zero effect.

    appstore Version 2.1 (463.9)

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