How can i cancel my osx update?

How can i cancel my osx update?

There is no safe way. If it's been underway a while don't. If it's been underway no more than 5 minutes, then you can force quit the installer by pressing COMMAND-OPTION-ESC, select the installer application, then click on the Force Quit button.

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  • How can I cancel a software update?

    I have two Blackberry phones and I updated one of them to the most recent software this morning (10.3.1), but I find it terrible. So, I decided not to update my second phone and I made sure it was not set to automatically update. However, it just popped up with a message that says the update has been installed and the phone must be restarted to take effect. When I checked the settings again, it has been changed to allow automatic updating!
    So, is there any way to cancel/delete the update short of simply never turning off/restarting the phone again?

    Hi and Welcome to the Community!
    Yeah, that default auto-update setting is annoying...I've made a habit of always checking it after any updates and turning it off.
    In any event, it's too late for that device...the update is installed, and can't be avoided now. The thing to do is restart and then use LINK to see if your carrier offers you a fallback. If they don't, then find an AutoLoader of the OS version you want and use that to install it to the device.
    Good luck!
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  • How can I cancel an app update in iOS 6 without deleting it?

    I usually just update all my apps, but this time I don't want to. The app is foxtube (youtube caching player). I just realized (after I pressed update) that the new update disables caching (by request of youtube), which defeats the whole purpose of the app in the 1st place. Currently I paused the download, but how can I stop it from resuming? I don't want to delete it because I don't have backup of previous version in my pc itunes. I downloaded it via wifi. I really like this apps feature because I can watch videos later without buffering, & also to show it to my friends. But the new updates makes it totally worthless. Please help!!

    You'd do that if you wanted to add in all your contacts from facebook - it makes it useful to find out who's using other apps - 4 square - whatsapp, facetime etc.   I had many facebook contacts that I don't call, however if they are using other things, I might be talking to them.  So yeah, I decided to bring in all my facebook contacts.  It has created a mess that I'm trying to clean up though.  The mess is that I have a lot of duplicate contacts ( a facebook contact of Mary Smith and a contact on my phone of Aunt Mary).  I know that when I go and edit one of the 2, there is an option to link the 2, which will then merge the data (adds email info, birthday, facebook contact info, twitter etc) but it doesn't delete one of the contacts.  It should give an option to delete one of the merged contacts.. but it doesn't.  I'm not sure how to fix this.  I've been asking the boards here, but no solution has been given.
    There has to be a way to do this (easily) that is

  • How can I cancel an event update without emailing attendees?

    Hi all,
    I'm using iCal 4.04 on OS 10.6.8, and when I hit "Edit" on an event with attendees, there is no "Cancel" button. Your only two choices are "update" and if you click off the area, "edit" or "send." This happens even if there are no updates to the event (lets say you type a note, then delete the note, you're still forced to send an update).
    This is very odd behavior for OSX and something that I'm surprised to see. People make mistakes, they correct mistakes, and shouldn't have to explain to a 30 person attendee list "oops, sorry there are no edits, I just couldn't cancel this behavior."
    If someone knows of a work-around, please let me know.
    Thanks!

    I found a solution: Upgrade to Lion
    There's now a "revert" button that's long overdue. Thanks Apple!

  • HT1414 How can I cancel (WiFi) OS update, when downloading updates?

    I am downloading iOS 6 and it is taking very long time to download to the device using OS update feature in set up.
    Is there any way to cancel this?

    I found a solution: Upgrade to Lion
    There's now a "revert" button that's long overdue. Thanks Apple!

  • How can you cancel an App Update?

    Help!
    For about the 3rd time, something quite aggravating has happened when I have attempted to update some of the apps on my iPod Touch.
    I manually go through and choose the 'Update' option for the Apps that I want to update. Well- as a few times before- ALL THE APPS switch to an 'Updating' status, and nothing I have tried has worked to cancel ALL Updates to start over. Whenever I do anything to interrupt the Updates, it resumes as soon as I am connected again.
    I have a 32Gb iPod Touch, with a proverbial buttload of apps. And most of the updates I choose NOT to install because I have no problems with the current version, and there are no changes made that I need/want. Also- I have had quite of few apps START behaving badly AFTER I update them,. So if it aint broke- don't fix it.
    Does anyone have any ideas that might help me? Surely I'm not the only one experiencing this.
    So- THANK YOU for taking the time to read this- and doubly so if you know of anything I might try!
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    No, I've just checked the best way to do. It is to update them

  • The screen is frozen while installing software updates. Say about 2 minutes and it has been more than hour. How can I cancel or do something about it? Is it ok to unplugg it? Please advise.

    The screen is frozen while installing software updates. Say about 2 minutes and it has been more than hour. How can I cancel or do something about it? Is it ok to unplugg it? Please advise.

    Really?
    Is there no other option? No magic key combo that brings up a secret menu?
    My imac just froze during a software update install and I too do not know what to do.

  • HT4461 How can I cancel a download once it starts? I started a download with software update and decided I don't want it. I can pause the download, but I want to cancel entirely

    I started to download from software update and decided I don't want the items after the download had begun. How can I cancel a download? I don't want to just pause it, I want it to GO AWAY. I don't want it to resume any time ever.

    Hello cranky71,
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  • HT5622 Apple store doesn't let me change my region , it saids I have pending bank order , and need to complete my pending bank order . How can I cancel my bank order ? Or change my region? It's been like this for 3weeks already and I cannot update any of

    Apple store doesn't let me change my region , it saids I have pending bank order , and need to complete my pending bank order . How can I cancel my bank order ? Or change my region? It's been like this for 3 weeks already and I cannot update any of my apps .
    Thanks

    I account the same problem.
    I can't cancel pendding orders and can't change my region.

  • How can I cancel the iOS software update?

    For some reason, iOS 6 has decided to download on my iPod Touch through WiFi. I didn't request it, nothing is set to automatically update in the Touch settings, or iTunes. It seemed to start downloading when I  synced the Touch. I've disconnected the Touch from WiFi temporarily. How can I cancel the download, or will there be an option when it's done downloading to cancel the install?
    Thanks for any help...

    I had the SAME problem & it was incredibly frustrating.  Having WiFi disabled for days caused me to eat up A LOT of my data plan.  It is total BS that there is no way to cancel an OTA download.  And it is total BS that no one can get ANY help on this issue.  There should be a way to cancel or at least downgrade if you don't like the newest iOS. 
    So, since Apple won't let you downgrade if you went ahead & installed it, and Apple won't help AT ALL if you don't want iOS 6, I had to figure it out myself.  Here's what I did....
    The stupid iOS 6 update that nobody wants needs a certain amount of free space in order to download & install.  I had started the download & disabled WiFi like you did, so the download was paused.  While it was paused, I set my video camera to record & it sat there & recorded for like 2.5 hours (ugh) before it finally took up all the space on my phone.  Then, I went back in & enabled WiFi & checked the piece of junk iOS 6 install & it now said it couldn't download b/c there wasn't enough space. 
    I figured this solution still s ucks b/c now I can't download any apps or take any more pics or vids.  About 30 minutes later, though, I went back to the horrible iOS 6 download & a message popped up saying there wasn't enough space.  When I hit "OK" or whatever to clear the message, the screen had reset & gone back to the "download & install" button.  FINALLY I was able to stop the download & installation of iOS 6.  THANK GOD.  I want nothing to do with it, and there is NO WAY Apple is taking my Google Maps or YouTube.  

  • How can I cancel an Apple ID?

    I have 2 Apple ID's and would need to cancel one of them because it is incorrect. My App Store automatically uses the incorrect one and I need it uses the correct one so how can I cancel an incorrect Apple ID?

    You can't.   Just use the one you favour from now on and the other will fade gracefully away.   But remember, updates to purchases you have made will still require you to use the original details.   You will need to edit the details on App store so that only your preferred ID shows up.

  • HT201318 How can I cancel my storage plan

    How can I cancel my storage back up plan

    I quote:
    'If you purchase a higher-tier storage plan for your iCloud account to replace your existing storage plan (for example, a 20 GB plan to replace a 10 GB plan), the existing plan will be canceled and you will receive a prorated refund for the time remaining. The new storage plan is applied to your iCloud account and the annual payment date is updated to reflect the purchase date for the new plan.'
    So just purchase the new storage level and it will sort itself out automatically.

  • HT201210 how can I cancel the ios 8.0.2 download before it is completed?!

    how can I cancel the ios 8.0.2 download before it is completed .. clicked download by accident! someone please help

    If the speed of your internet connection is slow, this will affect the download time. Also realize that everyone and their mother are trying to download the update as well...servers get taxed to the max and the download can even be slow for those with the faster internet connections.
    That being said, I don't know if it's possible to cancel the OTA (over the air) download. You can effectively force pause it by disconnecting it from your Wi-Fi router until you CAN leave it connected to charge and update. I believe you can go to Settings/Wi-Fi and turn Wi-Fi off from there. Realize though that once you reconnect to your Wi-Fi network, the download will continue.

  • How can I cancel a newspaper app? I have deleted the app from my iPad and itunes

    How can I cancel paying weekly for a newspaper app?

    You may end up having to delete the stalled apps in order to redownload them, but in the meantime.....
    Make sure that you do not have a stalled download in iTunes - a song or podcast .... if you have a download in there that did not finish, complete that one first. Only one thing can download at a time on the iPad so that could be what is causing the problem.
    If that doesn't work - sign out of your account, restart the iPad and then sign in again.
    Settings>Store>Apple ID. Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
    Go back to Settings>Store>Sign in and then try to update again. Tap one waiting icon only if necessary to start the download stream.
    Try a reboot as well - hold down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time until the Apple logo appears - ignore the red slider.
    And .. You can finish the downloads in iTunes on your computer and then sync them to the iPad.

  • How can we cancel Firefox attempts to load new version of Firefox or successfully load it

    Firefox is attempting to load the new version of Firefox and keeps failing, with this message showing. "Updates can`t be installed, make sure no other copies of firefox are running on computer then restart. When you X out or click on OK, it tries again and keeps repeating this cycle, not letting us connet to the internet. How can we cancel the update attempts or successfully load the new version so we can access the internet sgain

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    * Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.
    * Firefox 4.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
    * Firefox 3.6.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
    * Uninstall your current Firefox version and remove the Firefox program folder before installing that copy of the Firefox installer.
    * Do not remove personal data if you uninstall the current version.
    * It is important to delete the Firefox program folder to remove all the files and make sure that there are no problems with files that were leftover after uninstalling.
    Your bookmarks and other profile data are stored elsewhere in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder] and won't be affected by a reinstall, but make sure that you do not select to remove personal data if you uninstall Firefox.

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