AppStore telling me the same app requires "updating"?
Hey all,
I've downloaded from the App Store the newest version of The Sims 3, however both iTunes and my iPhone 3GS are still telling me I have one update to download, and it's the same application. I tried re-downloading/syncing, yet it keeps telling me the same app needs to be downloaded. I've tried downloading through iTunes, and through the iPhone itself (connected to a WiFi network as the app is over 10MB).
This happened a little bit ago, when it was telling me there was an update for Evernote, and once downloaded and synced, it kept informing me of this update.
Is there an issue at the moment somewhere? Have I run into some sort of bug that should be reported? Is there a fix/workaround?
Thank you.
Both my wife and I have had same issues recently. When I first noticed it, it was the same time frame that they made changes to the AppStore (read about in blogs about how some changes upset developers as they changed how apps are listed) and since then, it seems to happen often. I just have to install again and eventually it stops saying I need the same app.
Sort of wonder if they made yet another mistake with an update.
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