Are there updates or aren't there?

[lobo78]

I've looked all over the web for a solution to this, but no luck. I have an Intel iMac with Tiger OSX. Everytime I open iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, etc. it reports that there are updates to the program. It asks if I want to download and install the update. When I select "Yes", Software Update will open, whereupon it will check my system and report that there are no new updates. I have not told Software Update to ignore program updates or anything like that (how would I even do that?). Any idea how I could fix this? I would like to update my applications, but seem unable to do so. Thanks!

 

[DeltaMac]

I think it would help to know what version of that software you have now?
For example, what version of iPhoto do you have now?
If you do not have version 6, then iPhoto may report that there is an update possible (to version 6), but you can't download that update, it is only available if you have purchased iLife '06.
If you have iPhoto version 6, but not the update to current version 6.0.6, you can always download that update from here - http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/iphoto606.html

That won't explain a missing update for iTunes, as you can always download any updates for iTunes, if your system qualifies for that update.

 

[lobo78]

I think I've figured it out. In the attempt to better organize my applications, I moved the iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie apps to a Multimedia folder under Applications. Apparently, Software Update will only look in the Applications folder. If the app is not under Applications, then Software Update won't see it and won't report an update. When I moved the apps back out to Applications, Software Update found them correctly.

So, now my question is if there is a way to get Software Update to find apps that are not directly under "Applications"?

 

[fryke]

No. Simply put them back where they belong. If you _need_ to organise them in any way, work with aliases to the applications, although I find this utterly unnecessary.