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Disable iTunes check for updates

  • November 22, 2013
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  • MrP
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There isn't a managed preference for this so I put the following in a login script. Here it is in case it helps anyone. Watch the word wrap

# Get user logged into console and put into variable "user"
user=ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4
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# Set iTunes to never check for updates
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chown root:wheel /Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist
defaults read /Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist pref:130:Preferences | awk '{$15822 = "00010101"; $15813 = "00020000"; print}' | cut -d "<" -f2 | cut -d ">" -f1 | sed 's/ //g' > /tmp/1234.txt
a=cat /tmp/1234.txt

echo "defaults write /Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist pref:130:Preferences -data $a" > /tmp/1234.txt
chmod +x /tmp/1234.txt
/tmp/1234.txt
rm /tmp/1234.txt
chown $user:staff /Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist

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    • Kumarasinghe
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    • November 25, 2013

    There is a MCX In Casper v8.xx
    "Disable iTunes Update Checking"

    in v9, you may have to manually create it;
    Domain:~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes
    Key: disableCheckForApplicationUpdates
    Value (Boolean): True

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    • gregneagle
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    • November 25, 2013

    "There isn't a managed preference for this"

    Sure there is:

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3490

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    • MrP
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    • November 25, 2013

    Now you guys tell me!

    :)

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    • MrP
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    • November 25, 2013

    It is interesting that there is a value for it, but when you change the option in iTunes it doesn't create the value in the plist, but rather changes the hex entry in the 150k+ long character string that I have modified above.

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    • chrisdaggett
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    • August 16, 2017

    Does anyone know if there is an updated method to this?

    I tried everything I could find on Jamf Nation and several self cooked ideas but unfortunately none of them are working with 10.12.5

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    • MrP
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    • August 21, 2017

    Did you try something like this? Keep in mind, this will also prevent itunes from checking for iOS updates.

    # Get user logged into console and put into variable "user"
user=`ls -l /dev/console | cut -d " " -f 4`
sudo -u $user defaults write /Users/$user/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist disableCheckForUpdates -bool true
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