How to hide an update in the Mac App Store

For five years I’ve used the free random password generator app PSWD from the Mac App Store, and I’ve been happy with it. Since I first installed the app, the developer released a number of minor updates, the last in July 2023, three years ago. This was fine, because the app was essentially perfect for my purpose, so I didn’t need the app to change. A few days ago, however, the developer released a major update: PSWD 5.0 is a complete rewrite. Everything is new Among the changes in PSWD 5.0 was this one: A unified user interface on Mac, iPhone and iPad On social media, the developer mentioned that all of the code in PSWD 5.0 was written by Claude, the LLM from Anthropic. The purpose of this blog post is not to criticize the developer of PSWD. I thank the developer for creating the app, and I can’t complain about a free product. I simply want to avoid installing the version 5.0 update. I prefer to stick with version 4.1 indefinitely. I can and will complain about the App Store app, on…