Q: Stop iTunes from auto downloading at login

I have a laptop that I use for testing and get wiped quiet often but I still want to login to iTunes to have access to my stuff between wipes.

Whenever I login to iTunes on this laptop or any station for the first time it will always start downloading 3 TV show episodes and an iPad app. Why?????

I have a large iTunes library so why does it only download these four items every time and how can I make it stop. Those 3 episodes are from a TV season that is 13 episodes long but it only wants to download those three? I have tried letting it finish the downloads but the next time I wipe the device and log back into iTunes it is doing it again. This is very frustrating.

I looked at My Account in iTunes and it shows this.

Is there some way to remove this and stop it from downloading these every time?

Posted on Dec 21, 2015 8:33 AM

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by Limnos,

Limnos Dec 21, 2015 8:53 AM in response to strider-kh
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Dec 21, 2015 8:53 AM in response to strider-kh

Stopping old shows from re-downloading when turning off automatic downloads does not work - https://discussions.apple.com/message/28243911#28243911 - delete content from Music/iTunes/Downloads folder
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strider-kh Dec 21, 2015 2:19 PM in response to Limnos
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Dec 21, 2015 2:19 PM in response to Limnos

No, you are wrong.

Consider this the first time I have logged into the computer and then logged into iTunes. There are no iTunes files on the computer so there can be no partial downloads and nothing to delete.

This happens if I walk up to any random computer, tried my friends, and logged into iTunes. It immediately starts to download three Tv episodes and an iPad app. I have no idea why and I would like it to stop.
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by Limnos,

Limnos Dec 21, 2015 2:59 PM in response to strider-kh
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Dec 21, 2015 2:59 PM in response to strider-kh

iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4539
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by MatthewClifford,

MatthewClifford Dec 21, 2015 5:40 PM in response to strider-kh
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Dec 21, 2015 5:40 PM in response to strider-kh

I have the same problem. I have a couple of computers and on my shiny new MacBook i just want to have access to the movies but not download them all. no matter what I do though, iTunes wants to download Ant-Man. I've lost count of how many times I've stopped the download. Automatic downloads are turned off. I've let it finish downloading and then deleted it. It still just starts the download every **** time.

Kinda irked.
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