This Mac tip is provided by Mark Greentree and was originally posted on Mark’s blog – Everyday Mac Support. For more of Mark’s tips visit his site, follow him on Twitter, or browse his archive of posts here.
You may have noticed I wrote a similar article recently regarding hiding purchases in iTunes. Whilst the idea is the same there are some differences which warranted an independent post.
When you are in the Mac App Store simply proceed to the Purchases area as shown below:
You can also enter this are by pressing Command + 4 on your keyboard or by navigating to Store > Purchases from the Menu Bar.
You will notice in the above window that the very last purchase in the list has an “x” next to the install button. This is there because I have moved the mouse pointer over this title. Upon clicking the “x” the purchase will be hidden from your list.
In order to view any hidden purchases or unhide them you will need to go to your account and upon loading you will be presented with the following view:
As you can see I have one hidden item. Upon clicking View Hidden Purchases you will then be presented with a list of purchases that you have hidden as shown below:
In order to unhide the purchase in question and thereby return it to the general list of purchases simply press the unhide button as shown in the image above.
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