Cant update some apps

[twinlight]

Sorry if this is my fault but I cannot figure this out. I am new to macOS due to being a happy Neo buyer. After some weeks with this I am blown away how amazing this hardware is and I am starting to understand some of macOS and its differences from Windows which I grew up with.

I have three Apple apps that cant update. These where included with macOS and just gives me and error when I try and update them in the App Store.

At first I thought this would be solved with some macOS update but it is still the same. I tried rebooting, I tried force quitting App Store and relaunching. I have only one AppleID and everything else seem to work with my phone, watch, ipad and so on but these three apps cannot be updated.

 

[fisherking]

look on the app store, there are newer versions of those apps that replace these ones. the new ones are at version 15.2. enjoy your neo!

 

[twinlight]

So these apps have updates that can’t be applied because I have to download the same apps from the store? So I will always have the three old apps asking me to update?

 

[fisherking]

So these apps have updates that can’t be applied because I have to download the same apps from the store? So I will always have the three old apps asking me to update?

you can install the newer versions, then (if you want... i did) delete the older ones. app updates on the app store generally work as you'd expect; they update over existing versions. but pages, numbers, etc have new versions; hence, a separate install.

 

[Fishrrman]

OP:

These apps (the version 14.x of Numbers, Pages, Keynote) will no longer be upgraded.
New versions (15.x) are now out, but these are the ones that can use paid subscriptions to access some features.

But the old apps remain fully functional.

You can use the terminal to disable those notifications (I did).
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Terminal commands to prevent iWork from nagging for upgrades:

defaults write com.apple.iWork.Pages TSADisableUpdateNotifications -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.iWork.Keynote TSADisableUpdateNotifications -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.iWork.Numbers TSADisableUpdateNotifications -bool yes
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Not sure how well you "know terminal"... so do this:
Open terminal
Copy the FIRST LINE of the commands above
Paste into terminal and hit return.

Then repeat for the second line, and finally for the third line.

Once you do this, you shouldn't be bothered by "upgrade" notifications any longer.

 

[fisherking]

OP:

These apps (the version 14.x of Numbers, Pages, Keynote) will no longer be upgraded.
New versions (15.x) are now out, but these are the ones that can use paid subscriptions to access some features.

But the old apps remain fully functional.

You can use the terminal to disable those notifications (I did).
=======
Terminal commands to prevent iWork from nagging for upgrades:

defaults write com.apple.iWork.Pages TSADisableUpdateNotifications -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.iWork.Keynote TSADisableUpdateNotifications -bool yes
defaults write com.apple.iWork.Numbers TSADisableUpdateNotifications -bool yes
=======

Not sure how well you "know terminal"... so do this:
Open terminal
Copy the FIRST LINE of the commands above
Paste into terminal and hit return.

Then repeat for the second line, and finally for the third line.

Once you do this, you shouldn't be bothered by "upgrade" notifications any longer.

you can also just delete the old versions, since the new ones open previous-version files, do the same things, but have new features added. no essential reason to keep both versions of each app....

 

[boswald]

I just moved the old versions to the trash, downloaded the updates, then emptied the trash. So far everything works fine.