No more Mac App Store Update History?

Hello Peter,

I tried to open the .plist file with XCODE and it tells me that it is blocked, I do not know what else I can do?

Thanks in Advance

Hi! I have no idea why you can't open the plist file; I could open it with BBEdit but deleting the "Numbers" section was a problem so I used the advice of another poster and went looking for a dedicated plist editor (the one recommended was not in the App Store).

PList Editor was there and, like Xcode I presume, makes looking at and modifying plist files much easier.

If you can't edit the plist file then you can use the advice of other contributors here and:

1. Just delete the file and let it rebuild over time; or

2. Just do nothing and again the plist file will rebuild itself over time.

The problem is NOT serious, its more a cosmetic thing than a technical issue.

Hope that helps.

Peter

Peter,

Thanks for your valuable attention,

I will do as you indicated,

the truth is that the problem is not so serious

Thanks Again

Juan

I found the item in the plist and deleted the entire Numbers section but it made no difference. I don't know why it worked for everyone else. So I just deleted the file, re-booted and Sierra made a new one which I assume will populate as new updates arrive. This did not happen until I upgraded to Sierra and only on my older Mac Air. My new iMac has the same software but shows the past 30 days screen just fine (but it's plist has no "Numbers" item in it... not sure why since I have Numbers and Pages, etc. on the iMac.

Juan,

Hi! My last reply was from my iPad. If you give me a few minutes I will post two screen shots from Plist Editor.

You need to either fix the image URLs (which didn't seem to be broken to me) or delete the whole "Numbers" entry from the plist file.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

Peter

Juan,

Here are my two screen images:

and now the second

In the first screen image Plist Editor shows the contents of the whole plist file with 9 "items". Each item corresponds to an actual update of a particular piece of software (including macOS 10.12.1). Look through the items and you will find the one for "Numbers" (Item 2 in my case - see the second screen image). With Item 2 highlighted I just deleted the whole entry.

Initially I had syntax errors like yours when I tried to do this with BBEdit. Clearly I was not getting the whole of the "Numbers" entry and thus returning an XML syntax error.

Gosh, you learn a lot when you delve into this stuff.

Good night (it's 3:16 AM here in Australia, I need to get some sleep),

Peter

Peter,

Thanks a lot I will follow every step you put here,

have a Good night!

Juan

Ps: I am From Venezuela, South America here is Noon!

I noticed today I had some updates and the issue seems to have fixed itself for me. Perhaps the Numbers entry being older than 30 days no longer affects the list?