Mac OS X: Software Update Unexpectedly Resumes Automatically Checking for Updates

Symptom

Software Update automatically checks for updates, even though you had previously deselected this feature.


Solution

This is normal behavior. You may turn off automatic checking at any time, but some Apple software updates will turn the feature back on.

To turn off automatic checking as you did before, you would follow these steps:

1. Choose Apple Menu > System Preferences.
2. Choose View > Software Update.
3. Click the Update Software tab, if not already selected.
4. Deselect the "Automatically check for updates when you have a network connection" checkbox.