Sometimes this got excessive: after a macOS update there would often be a full set of large updates to Apple’s own apps, including a complete new Xcode. Time was when I used to open the App Store app each day, give it a few moments, and it would usually offer me all the latest updates ready to download. But its latest behaviour with updates has taken an increasingly troubling turn.
The App Store app has had a troubled past, and in recent versions has sometimes gone from irritating to infuriating.
