Turn off mavericks upgrade notification in Snow Leopard

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Turn off mavericks upgrade notification in Snow Leopard

I'm happily running Snow Leopard with no plans to upgrade, but lately I've been getting uninvited update to mavericks notifications front and center on my screen in the middle of whatever I happen to be doing and Apple doesn't appear to offer any way to turn them off. The only options provided are "yes" or "later." I can't see any way in app store or system preferences to turn them off. The notices are invasive and show a surprising lack of respect for the professionals who choose to work on Apple workstations, with the OS of their choice.

Can anyone tell me how to turn them off?

Thanks,

Dave

Mac Pro (Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Apr 4, 2014 11:44 AM

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Answer 1

a brody

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Apr 5, 2014 8:54 AM in response to Dave Robertson2

So what you are saying, is you want to remove this from your header?

I would say, don't rely on the update page. Instruct people to avoid the update page, or do not grant people admin rights.

Some have suggested downloading the 10.6.8 combo and extracting Mac App Store 1.0.2 from the combo update using Pacifist. I've got Mac App Store 1.0.2 and have applied no updates, and still get this screen on the update page.

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Answer 2

Apr 5, 2014 1:32 PM in response to a brody

No that's not it, that's easy enough to ignore (or avoid--don't open app store). It's the notice that appears dead centre in your screen regardless of what apps you have open and what kind of work you're in the middle of.

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a brody

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Apr 5, 2014 1:49 PM in response to Dave Robertson2

I've never seen such a notice. Can you show me a screen capture of what you are talking about?

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6917

Shows you how to post an image.

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Answer 4

Apr 5, 2014 2:01 PM in response to a brody

Sure, next time it pops up I'll grab it. I have no idea what kind of schedule it's on or what triggers it.

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Answer 5

Apr 5, 2014 2:20 PM in response to a brody

It's a standard dialog box, with just the two buttons as described. It's apparently generated by a notification application which has been inserted into the System by the most recent Mac Store update. I've only see it a couple of times - possibly once on each Mac, I'm not sure - and there's no obvious way to stop it. This was discussed in another thread a few days back which identified the guilty application.

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Answer 6

Apr 5, 2014 4:28 PM in response to a brody

See this thread, it has a post with a screen shot.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6059698?answerId=25382708022#25382708022

The notification is not about a software update. It is an advisory (to put it kndly) that an upgrade is available. I have three Macs capable of running it that are not running Mavericks. Each of them has received this notice, one of them at least three times. Of course my Mac running Mavericks has not been nagged.

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baltwo

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Apr 5, 2014 4:41 PM in response to Dave Robertson2

Delete the App Store app, DL the 10.6..8 COMBO update fromhttp://support.apple.com/kb/dl1399 or use the one you saved, and extract the App Store app from it using Pacifist. I've never installed the Mac App Store update, so I'm not bothered with that crapola.

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Answer 8

Apr 6, 2014 1:10 PM in response to baltwo

Seems a bit aggressive but if this is what it's going to take I'll probably do it. Thanks for the helpful replies.

Dave

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Answer 9

Apr 7, 2014 8:01 AM in response to Dave Robertson2

I've looked at the referenced thread and have decided to try the Little Snitch approach so I don't risk excising something essential with Pacifist--I'm sure that's a non-issue if you know what you're doing! I've denied an attempt by Noticeboard already, we'll see if that works. Thanks a lot for the help.

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baltwo

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Apr 7, 2014 9:31 AM in response to Dave Robertson2

Let us know how that turns out.

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Answer 11

Apr 7, 2014 1:56 PM in response to baltwo

I've logged out of the Mac App Store

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Answer 12

Apr 7, 2014 5:38 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Now that's far too simple and obvious Roger 🙂 I haven't used App store so I wasn't even aware that was an option. Or if I should've know, I'd forgotten! I wonder, though, if you have to be logged in for this pop-up to show. Please let us know if this works.

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Answer 13

Apr 8, 2014 9:54 AM in response to Dave Robertson2

Dave Robertson2 wrote:

Now that's far too simple and obvious Roger 🙂 I haven't used App store so I wasn't even aware that was an option. Or if I should've know, I'd forgotten! I wonder, though, if you have to be logged in for this pop-up to show. Please let us know if this works.

I think you may be right - I've only ever seen this irritating pop-up once, and it could well have been right after a visit to the App Store, which I hardly ever go to.

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Answer 14

Apr 8, 2014 5:45 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Since logging out of App Store, Little Snitch is still logging connection attempts by Noticeboard. This is just becoming too intriguing...!

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andyBall_uk

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Apr 9, 2014 4:06 AM in response to Dave Robertson2

The app store update doesn't actually alter AppStore, it adds a new item

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CommerceKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Not iceboard.app

which seems set to run every six hours via

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.noticeboard.plist

After clicking 'not now' one time : I've not seen it again in any case, so it's hard to test... but disabling noticeboard would certainly prevent the connection attempts.

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