---
id: troubleshooting.app-has-update-waiting
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/app-has-update-waiting
category: "Troubleshooting & messages"
subcategory: "Moving, offloading and restoring apps"
question: "Why does Storage Studio say an app has an update waiting to be installed?"
alt_questions:
  - "this app has an update waiting to be installed"
  - "app update pending can't move"
  - "install update before moving app"
  - "why won't storage studio move app with pending update"
short_answer: "The app has a downloaded update not yet installed, and moving it now could leave it half-updated. Let the app finish updating, then move it."
tags: ["apps", "updates"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/cant-determine-how-app-is-updated", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/troubleshooting/force-quit-unsaved-work-warning"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Why does Storage Studio say an app has an update waiting to be installed?

The app has downloaded an update that hasn't been installed yet. Moving an app mid-update can leave it half-updated, so Storage Studio flags it before you move it.

Open the app, let it finish installing the update (often it happens when you quit and reopen it), then move it.