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  Declining updates in Mavericks Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-04-05 13:53 +0000
    Re: Declining updates in Mavericks nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-04-05 09:57 -0400
    Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> - 2015-04-05 11:25 -0500
      Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-04-05 18:06 +0000
        Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-04-07 09:10 -0700
          Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-04-07 21:19 +0000
            Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-04-07 22:38 +0000
            Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-04-07 18:29 -0700
              Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-04-08 07:17 +0000
                Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-04-08 07:31 -0700
    Re: Declining updates in Mavericks Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-06 00:55 +0000

#72668 — Declining updates in Mavericks

Is there any way to permanently decline updates in applications? There
are a number I neither want nor care about (principally iTunes) and although
I can delete the app (rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app), the App Store just
keeps putting it back. There must be a list somewhere of which apps must be
updated - is there any to edit that list?

BTW, Apple, this is *my* computer and *I* decide what applications run on
it. If you want to play games like that, Linux is looking more and more
attractive, especially given that I already run it on my other machines.


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                  I don't have an attitude problem.
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#72669

In article <coct1sFb6fuU2@mid.individual.net>, Huge
<Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

> Is there any way to permanently decline updates in applications? 

turn off auto-update.

> There
> are a number I neither want nor care about (principally iTunes) and although
> I can delete the app (rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app), the App Store just
> keeps putting it back. 

no it doesn't, and there's no point in deleting it either.

> There must be a list somewhere of which apps must be
> updated - is there any to edit that list?

no need for a list, which would quickly be outdated.

> BTW, Apple, this is *my* computer and *I* decide what applications run on
> it. If you want to play games like that, Linux is looking more and more
> attractive, especially given that I already run it on my other machines.

go do that.

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#72672

On 5 Apr 2015 13:53:00 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> Is there any way to permanently decline updates in applications? There 
> are a number I neither want nor care about (principally iTunes) and 
> although I can delete the app (rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app), the 
> App Store just keeps putting it back. There must be a list somewhere 
> of which apps must be updated - is there any to edit that list?

It used to be that there was a option to ignore updates but Apple has 
eliminated that.  You can turn off automatic updates, but you'll 
continue to get annoyingly prompted about crap you don't ant tuo update 
(for me it's thngs like the RAW camera updates- the only camera I own 
that can connect to a computer is my iPhone, so the RAW updates are a 
total friggin' waste of time; I ownly download then to stop getting the 
effin' prompts).

> BTW, Apple, this is *my* computer and *I* decide what applications run 
> on it. If you want to play games like that, Linux is looking more and 
> more attractive, especially given that I already run it on my other 
> machines.

(1) you're not Apple's target demographic.  Their target demographic is 
people who want a computing appliance (about 99% of the public rather 
than the 1% who has the skills to figure out how to run Linux).

(2) they can't hear you from this newsgroup.

(3) they probably don't if you go and use Linux- especially if you buy 
Apple hardware on which to run Linux.  ;-)

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#72677

On 2015-04-05, Tim McNamara <timmcn@bitstream.net> wrote:

> (1) you're not Apple's target demographic.  Their target demographic is 
> people who want a computing appliance (about 99% of the public rather 
> than the 1% who has the skills to figure out how to run Linux).
>
> (2) they can't hear you from this newsgroup.
>
> (3) they probably don't (care) if you go and use Linux- especially if you buy 
> Apple hardware on which to run Linux.  ;-)

Yeah, I know. But I had to vent somewhere. I bought the Macbook Air because
I needed a laptop and I love the hardware. The software, less so.

:o)

-- 
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                  I don't have an attitude problem.
    If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.

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#72793

On 5 Apr 2015 18:06:17 GMT
Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

> Yeah, I know. But I had to vent somewhere. I bought the Macbook Air
> because I needed a laptop and I love the hardware. The software, less
> so.

What drivers/modules do you use to support the Air

for example what driver is used for the trackpad

do the special buttons all work too
volume, etc.


can you share the kernel .config or do you use a default config












 

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#72808

On 2015-04-07, Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> On 5 Apr 2015 18:06:17 GMT
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I know. But I had to vent somewhere. I bought the Macbook Air
>> because I needed a laptop and I love the hardware. The software, less
>> so.
>
> What drivers/modules do you use to support the Air
>
> for example what driver is used for the trackpad
>
> do the special buttons all work too
> volume, etc.
>
>
> can you share the kernel .config or do you use a default config

No idea.

One of the reasons I bought the Air was that I'm sick of twiddling about
with computers to get shit working. I've been doing it 41 years and now
I just want them to work. That's one of the drivers keeping me on MacOS.

OTOH, Mint 17 on my bogo desktop machine "Just Worked".


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                  I don't have an attitude problem.
    If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.

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#72812

In article <coivuvFskrjU1@mid.individual.net>, Huge
<Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

>On 2015-04-07, Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
>> On 5 Apr 2015 18:06:17 GMT
>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, I know. But I had to vent somewhere. I bought the Macbook Air
>>> because I needed a laptop and I love the hardware. The software, less
>>> so.
>>
>> What drivers/modules do you use to support the Air
>>
>> for example what driver is used for the trackpad
>>
>> do the special buttons all work too
>> volume, etc.
>>
>>
>> can you share the kernel .config or do you use a default config
>
>No idea.
>
>One of the reasons I bought the Air was that I'm sick of twiddling about
>with computers to get shit working. I've been doing it 41 years and now
>I just want them to work. That's one of the drivers keeping me on MacOS.

Well quite. Not sure why Mr Comet even asked the questions, to which
the answers are: none, fuck knows, yes, and how should I know.

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intuition is. Your intuitive feelings are of no interest whatsoever, 
and nor are mine. I don't give a bugger what you feel, or what I feel. 
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#72817

On 7 Apr 2015 21:19:27 GMT
Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

> and now I just want them to work. That's one of the drivers keeping
> me on MacOS.

ok misread the thread, thought you ran linux on your air based on
previous threads but I see you run mavericks, hurrdurr














 

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#72826

On 2015-04-08, Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:
> On 7 Apr 2015 21:19:27 GMT
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>
>> and now I just want them to work. That's one of the drivers keeping
>> me on MacOS.
>
> ok misread the thread, thought you ran linux on your air based on
> previous threads but I see you run mavericks, hurrdurr

No problem.

Actually, one of the drivers stopping me from trying it is that I have no
idea how to get Mavericks back once I've tried Mint and discovered that loads
of stuff doesn't work properly. (This is not a request for a description of
how to do that - I don't care.)

I have got Mint running in VirtualBox on the Air, but I rarely use it. I guess
that says something, but I don't know what.


-- 
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                  I don't have an attitude problem.
    If you have a problem with my attitude, that's your problem.

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#72843

On 8 Apr 2015 07:17:53 GMT
Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

> Actually, one of the drivers stopping me from trying it is that I
> have no idea how to get Mavericks back once I've tried Mint and
> discovered that loads of stuff doesn't work properly. (This is not a
> request for a description of how to do that - I don't care.)

i get it

> I have got Mint running in VirtualBox on the Air, but I rarely use
> it. I guess that says something, but I don't know what.

maybe just as a subliminal mental security blanket
gives you options should you need them
i thinking about this lately and I'd rather leave the macosx
install alone and do any open sores stuff in a virtual linux













 

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#72702

In message <coct1sFb6fuU2@mid.individual.net> 
  Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
> Is there any way to permanently decline updates in applications? There
> are a number I neither want nor care about (principally iTunes) and although
> I can delete the app (rm -rf /Applications/iTunes.app), the App Store just
> keeps putting it back. There must be a list somewhere of which apps must be
> updated - is there any to edit that list?

> BTW, Apple, this is *my* computer and *I* decide what applications run on
> it. If you want to play games like that, Linux is looking more and more
> attractive, especially given that I already run it on my other machines.

The Mac App store doesn't install apps without your permission.


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