Turn off auto updates OS X Yosemite

After updating to Yosemite, the thing about it that rubs me wrong in the worst possible way, is the auto system update. Every single time I open my Mac from sleep or turn it on, it always has to update something. Even if its off/sleep for even just one minute, it still has to update. In Mavericks, this was not a problem since if there were updates needed, you got a choice to update now or later. This feature is obviously removed from Yosemite because as soon as I log in, it auto updates. If anyone knows how to turn this effed up feature off, please do tell. Because it has irked me to the point to where I want to throw it against the wall. Not off completely, but back to how it was in Mavericks. This has got to be the worst feature ever that Apple has written in all of their OS's. I don't want it shut off completely, just how it was in Mavericks where you choose when you want to do the update. Because when I need to use my Mac, I need to use it right then and there and have no effing time to wait for it to update first. This is a major flaw that needs to be fixed ASAP. So if anyone else that is on Yosemite that has/had same problem and found out how to disable the auto OS X update, I'd give you the world if I owned it. Thanks for any help I can get.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), My Mac is on Yosemite

Posted on Nov 10, 2014 10:15 PM

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Oct 28, 2015 5:32 PM in response to Boltonjohn1947

I should add that I switched on a few days ago to find the bl**dy thing had nearly finished downloading 1.3 GB of the latest version of the OS without being asked.

How do I set up my shiny new iMac, and my ipad and iphone Macbook Air so that nobody can send me anything without me asking for it. I don't even want my Mail downloading because I access that on the server.

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