iTunes > Apps > Check for Available Downloads

[montylee]

Is there a script or automator action that can get iTunes to automatically check for any available downloads for the mobile apps and then download them?

The iTunes > Preferences > Store for Automatic Downloads does NOT download updates. Selecting Store > Check for Available Downloads only looks for downloads not already downloaded.

I am looking for something to do this automatically when I'm gone on trips instead of coming home and finding 85+ updates.

Any help would be appreciated.

[acme.mail.order]

There's the "Download all updates" button on the Apps update page...

[montylee]

Quote: Originally Posted by acme.mail.order There's the "Download all updates" button on the Apps update page...

Yes but you can only click that AFTER you first select Apps in the iTunes sidebar, then click on Check for Updates at the bottom of iTunes. Only then do you get the option to "Download all updates."

I'm looking for a solution that implements "Download all updates" right away so Automator or Applescript can execute that (no user interaction needed). Right now the user MUST click the required buttons before that comes up.

[moonman239]

Allow me to chime in here.

I don't think iTunes allows AppleScripts to check for updates. I do know, however, that you can tell the Mac to pretend it's a user who wants to check for updates. Something like this:

tell application "System Events"
tell process "iTunes"
click X
end tell
end tell

Of course, the Mac actually needs to know where it can find the UI items, so I'd get more info on interacting with application UIs in AppleScript if I were you.