This, of course, will mean that you’ll have to revisit the App Store occasionally to update them on your own.įor macOS updates, you’ll instead visit System Preferences. Under that window, just deselect the “Automatic Updates” checkbox to stop your apps from doing their own thing. …but to stop your apps from updating automatically, you’ll instead choose App Store > Preferences. Once you get there, you can check for any new versions that exist under the “Updates” tab… For that app setting, start by clicking on the Apple Menu in the upper-left corner of your screen and choosing “App Store.” Anyhow, if you want to disable automatic updates for both your apps and for your system, you can do those things in two different places.
