3 Steps to Disable Automatic OS X Software Updates Download

OS X — If you have a slow Internet connection or limited bandwidth quota, you may want to tell OS X not to automatically download software updates in the background. I will show you how to do it in 3 simple steps.

1. Goto System Preferences… (click on the apple icon at the top left corner), click Software Updateicon.
   

   OS X Software Update
2. Untick “Download newly available updates in the background”
   

   Disable OS X updates background download

3. Close the window. Done.

Now OS X will check for new software updates but no automatic downloads in the background. No more worry about exceeding bandwidth quota allowance.