Hello, Thanks for taking the time to check this out. I didn't think to check all of my purchased apps to see if some were only for iOS 7. This does make sense. I am in no rush to update, so I'll have to put this bug aside until I do.
Thanks again for the explanations. Cheers, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Oct 17, 2013, at 3:36 PM, "Chris Chaffin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > What you say Wayne is true. > I am still running iOS 6. I noticed that I always had the number 8 beside > the App Store on my home screen, but when I go into the app store to do an > update, it would say all of my apps are up to date. > So I decided to do some investigating. > > I went into the purchased area in the app store, and started going through > all of the apps I have purchased. Sometimes I would come to one which had an > update button. When I double tapped on it, it would give me a pop up screen, > and it informed me that I was not able to download this update since I was > not running iOS 7. > > It seems that some developers have chosen to restrict their updates to those > just running iOS 7. There could be a very good reason for this, I am not > sure. > But nevertheless, for those who are still running iOS 6, if a number appears > beside your app store on your home screen, but when you check, all apps are > up to date, then do not worry, now you know why. > > HTH, > > Chris Chaffin > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Wayne Merritt > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013 4:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Discrepency Between Home Screen App Updates And What's Reported > In The App > > I have read of others on lis that say the difference in numbers may be > from some updates being for iOS 7 compatibility, and when you bring up > the updates tab, it sees that you don't run iOS 7. So as a result you > see a lower number. If true, I don't know if there is a good way to > fix this, other than you updating to iOS 7 that is. > > Regards, > Wayne > > On 10/17/13, Eileens Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> I thought I would mention this, as it has been happening more with my iPhone >> 4. When I slide my finger on the home screen to locate the "App Store" app, >> it states a much higher number of updates in the app store. The discrepency >> is about 5-6 numbers off when I access the update tab in the App Store app. >> I am running still iOS 6.1.2, so I'm not sure if this is havvening to others >> who have upgraded to iOS 7. Is there a way to calibrate the difference >> between what is listed on the home screen and what is announced after the >> App Store is opened? I am just curious. 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