vmaryan

Q: does anyone know how to get rid of yosemite free pop up

The "Get OS X Yosemite free" pop up is on my desktop and I can't get rid of it. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks.

Posted on Dec 20, 2014 8:13 AM

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  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Dec 20, 2014 2:47 PM in response to vmaryan
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    Dec 20, 2014 2:47 PM in response to vmaryan

    If this is Apple's own pop up, you can't.  Click on details and move immediately to the top left corner and red button the screen.  And away it goes for a few days.  Perishing nuisance I know, but I read somewhere they had built it into Snow Leopard somehow.

     

    If it is any other pop up you will need to read these notes.

    http://www.thesafemac.com/arg-genieo/

  • by WZZZ,

    WZZZ WZZZ Dec 20, 2014 5:53 PM in response to vmaryan
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    Dec 20, 2014 5:53 PM in response to vmaryan

    Not sure if this will work, but worth a try. Go to the App Store and click anywhere on the Yosemite thing to show Hide Update. Once that appears, click on it.

     

    Screen Shot 2014-12-20 at 8.40.46 PM.png

     

    The other possibility is to move out /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.noticeboard.plist (if that's the location in Snow).  There is the potential for Apple to use it for purposes other than this very annoying advertising, but so far I haven't heard of any. I never installed the update which produced Noticeboard and I haven't missed out on anything.


    EDITED: nope, it just comes back the next time you run software update, so I doubt this works.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Dec 21, 2014 7:35 AM in response to vmaryan
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    Dec 21, 2014 7:35 AM in response to vmaryan

    Try control - clicking on it and choose hide.

     

    Yosemite Banner

     

    Yosemite Banner (2)    Even though it says
    Mavericks, still applies

  • by WZZZ,

    WZZZ WZZZ Dec 21, 2014 10:31 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Dec 21, 2014 10:31 AM in response to Eric Root

    If I had it, which I don't, since I refused and continue to refuse that update, I would be very tempted to nuke it completely. I've never heard of it being used by Apple for anything more than these very intrusive ads.

  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Dec 21, 2014 2:52 PM in response to vmaryan
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    Dec 21, 2014 2:52 PM in response to vmaryan

    Mac App Store popping up, pushing Mavericks (10.9) to 10.6 users should do the trick, even though it's entitled Mavericks, which Apple no longer provides to the public.

     

    27" i7 iMac (Mid 2011) refurb, OS X Yo (10.10.1), Mavs, ML & SL, G4 450 MP w/10.5 & 9.2.2

  • by Dasgo,

    Dasgo Dasgo Jan 14, 2015 10:35 AM in response to seventy one
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    Jan 14, 2015 10:35 AM in response to seventy one

    I can't get it to go away for a few days, which would help.  Any other suggestions?

  • by Dasgo,

    Dasgo Dasgo Jan 14, 2015 10:37 AM in response to WZZZ
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    Jan 14, 2015 10:37 AM in response to WZZZ

    I don't get a "hide update" to come up when I control click.  What am I doing wrong?

  • by WZZZ,

    WZZZ WZZZ Jan 14, 2015 10:45 AM in response to Dasgo
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    Jan 14, 2015 10:45 AM in response to Dasgo

    I don't think that works anyway to prevent the popups. It will just temporarily hide the Yos update in Software Update. The next time you go back to SU, it will reappear.

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Jan 14, 2015 11:29 AM in response to Dasgo
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    Jan 14, 2015 11:29 AM in response to Dasgo

    Well, I don't know what I have done that is so special but Yosemite pop ups seem to have gone away ... the only time Yosemite appears is when I have to update some other app, usually 'Cookies'.   At which time it sits skulking at the top of the screen but only the Cookies app (in this case) asks me to update it.

    Like WZZZ, upgrading above Snow Leopard is not on my agenda.

  • by baltwo,

    baltwo baltwo Jan 14, 2015 11:32 AM in response to Dasgo
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    Jan 14, 2015 11:32 AM in response to Dasgo

    Just noticed that my link doesn't work. Try this one: Mac App Store popping up, pushing Mavericks (10.9) to 10.6 users

  • by WZZZ,

    WZZZ WZZZ Jan 14, 2015 11:49 AM in response to seventy one
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    Jan 14, 2015 11:49 AM in response to seventy one

    Like WZZZ, upgrading above Snow Leopard is not on my agenda.

    Correction in order: I am now almost always on 10.8.5, which I have tweaked to resemble 10.6 as much as possible--there are only some small annoyances. Been there for quite a while. Since I am dual booting Snow (where I still have a few needed PPC apps) and ML, I find 10.8.5 works rather well. What I am dreading is being forced to update any further, when ML reaches its EOL, most likely later this year, in order to get an Apple supported OS. Next jump I suppose will be to Mav (saved its installer for a rainy day.) But Yos, from what I am hearing, horrifies me.

     

    You should really consider dual booting. ML is still available from a redemption code purchased from Apple.

  • by sandman619,

    sandman619 sandman619 Jan 14, 2015 11:45 AM in response to vmaryan
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    Jan 14, 2015 11:45 AM in response to vmaryan

    If it's on your desktop & not a widow, then go to System Preferences > desktop & change the desktop background.  I'm not familiar with Apple using intrusive advertising as you've described.  For the very reason that Apple gives away the software for free they have little reason to push the update to that extreme.  if anything, it could be a 3rd party app that is responsible, which would be to get users to go to their website, which is reason enough to avoid the site since only Apple can distribute their software.

  • by seventy one,

    seventy one seventy one Jan 14, 2015 12:55 PM in response to WZZZ
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    Jan 14, 2015 12:55 PM in response to WZZZ

    I must have missed the announcement, I know you are a Snow Leopard fan.   I will look into your suggestion of dual booting.   Big thank you for the advice.

  • by WZZZ,

    WZZZ WZZZ Jan 14, 2015 3:42 PM in response to seventy one
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    Jan 14, 2015 3:42 PM in response to seventy one

    I am a Snow Leopard fan (but not sure "fan" is really the right word). Only moved to ML because Apple stopped supporting it. Look at the big security headaches for 10.6 users (myself included--but not that critical, since I am mainly on ML) with the NTP and bash patches not being provided by Apple. It won't get any better.

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