I'm don't like the Creative Cloud and have to wait a year for the subscription to end, there is no way of cancelling it once committed so I'm stuck with the Muse Creative Cloud $14.95/month). Could this be messing up things? I do see all CS apps in the Creative Cloud, not just Muse. I have one app, Muse, which I've subscribed to in Creative Cloud.

I have a couple other programs that scan for apps that need updatiing and all the Adobe ones try unsuccessfully to use Application Manager to updates when an update shows. The one launched from within the app shows no updates, but here in Adobe there is an update, i.e. The one in Utilities shows all my CS 6 applications as available to try, and I've purchased/installed Design/Web Premium. One in Utilities/Application Manager and another that gets launched from the 'Updates' in the application 'Help' menu. I seem to have two Application Manager apps on my system (Mac OSX 10.8.2, MacBook Pro 8,2). I believe Rave is referring to updates which become available but due to the OP description it appears they are referring to the Creative Cloud applications in AAM. If you are not a subscriber then they are offered as a free trial of the Creative Cloud. It will depend are you a Creative Cloud subscriber? If so the applications being offered through the Adobe Application Manager are through your Creative Cloud subscription.

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