How Do I Disable Apple Updater?

I want to disable the Apple Updater but can't figure out how.  I
looked at the startup programs using msconfig but don't see anything
obvious.  I don't like to disable anything unless I'm sure I know what
it is and sure I don't need it.

The updater pops up for iTunes, Safari and QuikTime.  The only thing I
need to update is QuickTime and I can do that on my own.

So - where is this sucker and how do I stop it?

On 4/2/2008 5:26 AM, Jane wrote:
> I want to disable the Apple Updater but can't figure out how.  I
> looked at the startup programs using msconfig but don't see anything
> obvious.  I don't like to disable anything unless I'm sure I know what
> it is and sure I don't need it.
> 
> The updater pops up for iTunes, Safari and QuikTime.  The only thing I
> need to update is QuickTime and I can do that on my own.
> 
> So - where is this sucker and how do I stop it?
> 
> thanks

While this is really way off topic for any news.mozilla.org newsgroup, I
too would like to know how to do this.

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David E. Ross wrote:
> On 4/2/2008 5:26 AM, Jane wrote:
>> I want to disable the Apple Updater but can't figure out how.  I
>> looked at the startup programs using msconfig but don't see anything
>> obvious.  I don't like to disable anything unless I'm sure I know what
>> it is and sure I don't need it.
>>
>> The updater pops up for iTunes, Safari and QuikTime.  The only thing I
>> need to update is QuickTime and I can do that on my own.
>>
>> So - where is this sucker and how do I stop it?
>>
>> thanks
> 
> While this is really way off topic for any news.mozilla.org newsgroup, I
> too would like to know how to do this.
> 


Apple-->System Preferences-->Software Update

UNcheck

Jane <googlemail2003@yahoo.com> writes:

> I want to disable the Apple Updater but can't figure out how.  I
> looked at the startup programs using msconfig but don't see anything
> obvious.  I don't like to disable anything unless I'm sure I know what
> it is and sure I don't need it.
>
> The updater pops up for iTunes, Safari and QuikTime.  The only thing I
> need to update is QuickTime and I can do that on my own.
>
> So - where is this sucker and how do I stop it?
On Windows XP you can uninstall it in Add/Remove Programs. Same for
"Rhapsody Player Engine" in RealPlayer 11 prior to the latest update.

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The date and time was 4/2/2008 6:26 AM, and on a whim, Jane pounded out 
on the keyboard:

> I want to disable the Apple Updater but can't figure out how.  I
> looked at the startup programs using msconfig but don't see anything
> obvious.  I don't like to disable anything unless I'm sure I know what
> it is and sure I don't need it.
> 
> The updater pops up for iTunes, Safari and QuikTime.  The only thing I
> need to update is QuickTime and I can do that on my own.
> 
> So - where is this sucker and how do I stop it?
> 
> thanks

Hi Jane,

While Allan stated you can uninstall the Updater using Add/Remove 
Programs, the icon for the "Apple Software Update" should be in the
All 
Programs folder.  Open it, click Cancel when it tries to connect, click 
Edit, Preferences, Schedule tab, select NEVER.

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