Timeline for How can I get rid of the notification that a Mac App store app which is not installed on this machine wants to update
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| Aug 10, 2020 at 12:37 | vote | accept | halloleo | ||
| Jul 31, 2020 at 8:28 | answer | added | halloleo | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 18:42 | comment | added | Allan | Go ahead and write up and I up vote you. Just glad I was able to get you going in the right direction! | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 2:12 | comment | added | halloleo | @Allan Your suggestion lead me to (1) excluding the backup drive in Spotlight and (2) rebuilding the LS database and - voila! - EventScripts is gone from the Update pane! Thanks heaps! - Do you want to write this up as an answer? If not, I'm happy to do it. | |
| Jul 29, 2020 at 1:50 | comment | added | halloleo | @Allan Ok, I dumped the LS database and indeed, EventScripts was listed - on a backup volume (containing a bootable clone of the old machine with EventScripts). | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 15:03 | answer | added | Natsfan | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 14:39 | comment | added | Allan |
Try running this command /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -dump | grep -i eventscripts. (You might want to create a Symlink to a folder in your path to that command for ease of access)
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| Jul 28, 2020 at 14:23 | comment | added | jaume | Thank you for coming back to me. I'm wondering... if you update the app, you will see an "Open" button in the App Store description for EventScripts. If you press the button, do you get an error or does the app launch? | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 14:22 | comment | added | Allan | When you moved from the old Mac to the new one, did you do a Time Machine restore, Migration Assistant or something else? I’m thinking that the app is still registered with LaunchServices despite never having been installed on this Mac. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 13:49 | history | edited | halloleo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2020 at 13:43 | comment | added | halloleo | @jaume Thanks for chiming in! When I search for the app in the Mac App Store it says "Update" (see 2nd screenshot in updated question). Also "Automatically download apps purchased on other Mac computers" is not checked. | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 13:37 | comment | added | jaume | It really looks like the Mac thinks the app is installed... If you search for the app in the App Store, is there a button that says "Open" or "Get"? What happens If you press "Update"? Could you open the App Store preferences and see if "Automatically download apps purchased on other devices" is checked? | |
| Jul 28, 2020 at 13:32 | history | asked | halloleo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |