How to Turn off iTunes Updates

Apple’s iTunes program is one of the best free multimedia programs that you can download and install on your computer.

Because of its importance in managing the video, music, and other content that is stored on your iOS devices, such as iPhones and iPods, Apple relies heavily upon its ability to interact with those devices.

This includes the addition of new features and fixes to existing features, which are applied through updates to the program that you download to your computer.

While these updates are beneficial, they can be something of a nag.

Fortunately, you can configure iTunes to stop automatically downloading and informing you of new updates.

Step 1: Launch iTunes.

Step 2: Click “Edit” at the top of the window, then click “Preferences.”

Open the iTunes Preferences menu

Step 3: Click the “General” icon at the top of the window.

Click the General icon

Step 4: Check the box to the left of “Check for new software updates automatically” to remove the check mark from the box.

Disable updates check

Step 5: Click the “OK” button to apply your changes.

Now that you know how to turn off iTunes updates, you can prevent your computer from constantly prompting you to install them when Apple releases an update for the application.

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