Comments on: Hide the Safari “Update” Notification in Windows

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:56:23 +0000

Thank you, Thank you, thank you!!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:24:13 +0000

Thank you! No longer hounded by poxy Safari.

By: Liptor » Hide the Safari “Update” Notification in Windows

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:33 +0000

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By: Lashiec

Lashiec — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:19:08 +0000

Well, it seems Apple listened to the criticism: [news.com]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:15:08 +0000

Lashiec wrote:

Ryan wrote:
Of course we keep you updated in the Daily Downloads about new versions of software like iTunes. But I like the self-updaters because I don’t have to click through all of the dialogs to get it installed.
Ah, yes, but what I wanted to say is that you can disable the schedule for Apple Software Update in “Edit” -> “Preferences”, so it does not search for updates in a constant basis. I mentioned the “Daily Downloads” section, because I use it (or File Hippo) to know when a new update is out, and so launch the Apple Software Update manually. Just as you, I prefer those updates to be installed in automatic mode.

Ahh, got it. That makes more sense.

Iain Purdie wrote:

I spotted the “Ignore Selected Updates” option ages ago and used it. Thing is, it only seems to ignore it for *that week*. The next time the damn thing appears to tell me there’s a Quicktime update, I’m still told that Safari and Quicktime plus iTunes are available.

I'm guessing that if a new version of the software comes out it will still prompt you for that, but it shouldn't keep prompting you to install the same version if you have set it to ignore that update.

By: Iain Purdie

Iain Purdie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:58:51 +0000

I spotted the “Ignore Selected Updates” option ages ago and used it. Thing is, it only seems to ignore it for *that week*. The next time the damn thing appears to tell me there’s a Quicktime update, I’m still told that Safari and Quicktime plus iTunes are available.

I believe there’s a freeware Quicktime replacement. Off to find that and ditch the evil Apple stuff permanently…

By: Lashiec

Lashiec — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:53:59 +0000

Ryan wrote:

Of course we keep you updated in the Daily Downloads about new versions of software like iTunes. But I like the self-updaters because I don’t have to click through all of the dialogs to get it installed.

Ah, yes, but what I wanted to say is that you can disable the schedule for Apple Software Update in "Edit" -> "Preferences", so it does not search for updates in a constant basis. I mentioned the "Daily Downloads" section, because I use it (or File Hippo) to know when a new update is out, and so launch the Apple Software Update manually. Just as you, I prefer those updates to be installed in automatic mode.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:17:43 +0000

Color Me Stupid wrote:

I’ve got iTunes (7.5.0.20) up and running, and I can’t find a “Tools” menu anywhere.

As another commenter pointed out you’ll need to run the Apple Software Update application in order to do this. You won’t find the option to disable the update in iTunes.

Lashiec wrote:

You could also have disabled Apple Software Update in first instance, to avoid it bugging you to update. Sure, you’ll have to update Apple software manually, but that’s why you have the “Daily Downloads” section, to remind you when new versions are out

Of course we keep you updated in the Daily Downloads about new versions of software like iTunes. But I like the self-updaters because I don’t have to click through all of the dialogs to get it installed.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:11:41 +0000

Lear wrote:

You can also go manually run the software update from C:\Program Files\Apple Software Update and deselect it then rather then waiting for the next time Apple pushes an update.

Thanks for this clarification. No more Safari for me.

By: K Hoadley

K Hoadley — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:23:17 +0000

Richard wrote:

One can uninstall the Apple Software Updater (ASU) without any loss of update functionality. iTunes checks for new versions without it, anyway. ASU is just another useless piece of software running in the background consuming memory and system resources.

That's reasonable advice if you're using iTunes. However for many users, especially I would guess in a corporate enviroment, the only Apple software product they are likely to have is QuickTime, and ASU is useful for keeping that up to date and secure.