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Repeat App Store update bug causes slow Mac and huge data transfers

Avatar Euan Williams
Problem
Mavericks versions of

iLife Apps
GarageBand 10.0.0
iMovie 10.0.0
iPhoto 9.5.0

iWork Apps
Pages 5.0.0
Keynote 6.0.0
Numbers 3.0.0

are “updated” to x.x.1 versions (iMovie to 10.0.0, Keynote to 6.0.0), however the AppStore dock icon regularly insists on doing these updates over again, slowing up the Mac and causing very large and unnecessary data downloads.

Applications folder “get info” shows that these Apps have NOT been updated, while the 30-Day AppStore log says that they have been.

Solution
Remove these Apps to trash from the Applications Folder (take care NOT to remove the earlier pre-Mavericks versions left behind by the Mavericks installer.

Go to App Store, log in, ignore “Updates”, and go to “Apps made by Apple”

The Apps will be labelled “Update” rather than “Install”, click on Update (successively, not all at once) for each App that you have moved to the Trash.

The App will download fresh, progress can be checked by looking at the LaunchPad icon blue progress bar in the dock. Successful downloads will show up in LaunchPad with “sparkles” as well as registering in the Application’s “Get Info”.

(NB: Removing “updatejournal.plist” from Users > Euan > Library > Application Support > AppStore
and placing in the Trash appears to have no effect.)

ref: https://discussions.apple.com/message/20197431?searchText=app%20store%20repeat%20updates#20197431

Re: Repeat App Store update bug causes slow Mac and huge data transfers

Avatar Euan Williams
Addendum: this may also help:
Apparently the App Store uses the Spotlight index to see what is on your Mac. If this has incorrect information (maybe there was a glitch, interruption, whatever) that may also cause an update to be requested again.

Rebuilding the Spotlight database happens in the background when the Mac is not otherwise busy, and Spotlight indexing activity is indicated by a black dot in the magnifying glass icon.

1. Open System Prefs, go to Spotlight > Privacy and add your Golden drive (as we used to call them in OSX 7-9 days) that is the drive or partition running your Mac. This will simply mean that your drive/partition won’t be indexed until you remove it from this list (minus button).
2. Log out (or restart) and log back in
3. go back to System Prefs > Spotlight > Privacy highlight your Golden Drive/partition and use the minus button to remove your ruling drive/partition. 
4. close System Prefs and look for the little black dot in the middle of the Spotlight that shows that Spotlight is indexing all over again.

The excellent free utility “Onyx” >  http://www.titanium.free.fr/downloadonyx.php  <  can do this simply (Maintenance > Rebuild > Spotlight Index) and much else. Make sure you understand what you are about to do, that only “Spotlight Index” is ticked, and that you have the correct Onyx version for your OS — for Mavericks it is v2.8.1 as of 20th Dec 2013.
 
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