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sargentrock2
Inspiring
March 28, 2021
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thank's, Adobe, your un-asked for "update" just lost me an hour's work

  • March 28, 2021
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Don't mind me, I'm just a ornery old typesetter who learned from the hot metal Linotype guys in the mid-1970's. Those guys didn't screw around.

 

These days I design a couple books a month, InDesign is the best layout software available for my work.

 

Once AGAIN some nitwit at Adobe Central just decided I needed an update for one of their Fabulous Adobe Something-Or-Other applications I don't use, and managed to bring my work to a standstill until I was able to get my Activity Monitor back and force-quit the stupid thing. You'd think having a MacPro tower with a quad-core processor and 48GB of RAM could fend off, or at least make friends with, these Adobe Stealth Intruders so I can keep working without having another Adobe malware thrown at me, but, noooooo...

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    Adobe does NOT turn on auto-updates unless your operating system is not retaining the information for some reason.  Try creating a new Mac user profile.

     

    EDIT:  I'm using the latest version of CC desktop app on a paid ALL Apps plan. 

     

    Show Older apps is NOT available to Teams/Enterprise users nor individuals with a trial or single app plan.

     

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 1, 2021

    Hi @sargentrock2,

    Turn off automatic updates from the Preferences in your CC desktop app.    See screenshot below.  Auto-update option is on top.

     

     

    [Moderator moved from The Lounge to Creative Cloud Services.]

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    sargentrock2Author
    Inspiring
    April 1, 2021

    tried that, several times, it eventually just turns itself back on again

     

    just turned if off again and made a note on my calender, we'll see how long it takes for Adobe Central to turn it  on again

     

    I have very little faith that Adobe's bizarre blind march into it's own oblivion with their la-de-da treatment of their users will keep Affinity from grabbing the brass ring from the clueless Adobe executives causing all this nonsense.

     

    but thanks for responding!

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    sargentrock2Author
    Inspiring
    April 1, 2021

    Hmmmm... my Mojave screen for the Creative Cloud app is different from what you posted above, it doesn't have that lower screen that says "show older apps". Also, when I went back to the "app", auto update was on again. I turned it back off AGAIN and tiptoed away so not to disturb it.

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    John T SmithCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 28, 2021

    You don't have to update

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/creative-cloud-services/how-can-i-disable-core-sync-and-updaters/td-p/7581821

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