iTunes Store Session Expired
At least once every 2 weeks iTunes has a pop-up notification stating "Your iTunes Store Session Expired" asking me to enter the password for my Apple ID. This is an annoying pop-up and one should only be prompted for the password on entering the iStore within iTunes.
How can I stop this annoying pop-up when I have no intention to visit the iStore?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.14