Confuses macOS and iOS/iPadOS apps

[JimDabell]

Your Environment

• mas version: 1.7.0
• macOS version (system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType -detailLevel mini): 10.15.5 (19F101)

mas Install Method

brew install mas (homebrew-core)

Describe the Bug

When I run mas outdated, it reports the following:

1449412482 Reeder 4 (4.2.5 -> 4.1.4)

v4.2.5 is the latest version in the Mac App Store, and I have it installed. v4.1.4 was released nine months ago.

When I visit the Reeder 4 page in the Mac App Store GUI application, I see that it is installed and the blue button says "OPEN". When I open the Reeder application and check the version info there, it says I am running v4.2.5.

When I run mas upgrade, it tells me it will install v4.1.4, then downloads v4.2.5 and reinstalls it. Checking with the Mac App Store and the Reeder application shows that the latest version is still installed.

After I do this, mas outdated no longer shows it as being out of date.

[marcinjahn]

I have a bit different issue, but the general problem is the same - mas outdated does not provide accurate information.
In my case, App Store shows that 3 apps can be updated. mas outdated does not show any outdated apps. Also mas upgrade does not do anything. I'm on Catalina

[ppo]

Similar problem. App Store shows a new version in "Upcoming Automatic Updates" that doesn't appear with mas outdated|upgrade.

Catalina 10.15.6, mas 1.7.0

[aaronk1]

same 👍

[Blaisorblade]

Same 👍 , mas does not show this iMovie update (and I think it didn't show the previous one either).

• mas version: 1.7.0
• macOS version (system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType -detailLevel mini): 10.15.6 (19G2021)

mas Install Method

• brew install mas (homebrew-core)

$ mas outdated
$ mas upgrade
Everything is up-to-date
$ mas list
408981381 iPhoto (9.6.1)
406056744 Evernote (7.14)
682658836 GarageBand (10.3.5)
408981434 iMovie (10.1.14)
1444383602 GoodNotes (5.4.42)
409201541 Pages (10.1)
409183694 Keynote (10.1)
497799835 Xcode (11.6)
441258766 Magnet (2.4.6)
425424353 The Unarchiver (4.2.2)
409203825 Numbers (10.1)

But:

[andrewcrook]

Mas: 1.7.0
OS: System Version: macOS 10.15.6 (19G2021)

Still having issues has never really worked properly with Catalina.
I hope Big Sur works.

example Goodnotes 5.5.6 released on 09/09/2020

App Store

Macupdater.org

After Manual Updating

[heygarrett]

More conversation about this in #252.

[charlietomo]

I'm also having this issue, i.e. mas does not detect when upgrades are available.

Having read multiple other threads about this, it seems to be an ongoing issue that has not been resolved. I appreciate this is open source software and it has been helpful for me for setting up a new laptop.

If I complete the update in the Apple GUI for App Store then the update works, and a brew list shows the updated version. Hopefully this may get fixed in the future, but in the meantime updating via GUI is not a big issue for me.