Mac Microsoft Apps Turn Off Always Update

If you installed Office 2016 for Mac back in September but haven't been able to update the suite since, here's a look at some troubleshooting tips. How to Fix Microsoft Office AutoUpdate for Mac.

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Visual Studio for Mac distributes updates for the IDE and supported frameworks on a regular basis. These updates can be in the form of new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

Visual Studio for Mac provides two channels to get these latest versions:

Stable - Provides thoroughly tested updates. This channel is recommended for the best development experience.
Preview - Provides early access to updates that are candidates for release in the Stable Channel. These releases may not be reliable for everyday use.

Checking for updates

You can use the Visual Studio Updater box to check for new updates, change channels, and download and install updates.

To open the Visual Studio Updater, browse to Visual Studio > Check for Updates:

This displays the updater box:

Changing the Updater channel

To change the channel select it from the channel drop down and press the Switch Channel button:

Downloading and installing updates

Switching channels automatically starts the download process of new updates.

If you have selected the option to Check Automatically, the updater box will pop up when Visual Studio for Mac is open to let you know that new updates are available. New downloads will start downloading automatically to your machine when this box appears.

To start installing updates, select the Restart and Install Updates button:

Depending on the components that need to be installed, you may need to accept additional licenses or enter your machine's administrator username and password.

Troubleshooting

If you have issues with the updater, try following the steps in the Updater Troubleshooting guide.

In Windows 8.1, currently available as a Public Preview, Microsoft set your modern-style apps to update automatically. This is a welcomed feature by users of all mobile OS users really. Nothing is more annoying than picking up your iOS device or Windows 8 or RT device and seeing a bunch of updates are available, then you have to go in and manually update. At least Android updates apps manually in the background – usually. But, it can be annoying when you get all of the app update notifications.

Turn Windows 8.1 App Updates Off

With all that said, most people would like to have their apps update automatically in the background, and not to have to think about it. But for some of us, tech bloggers and power users for example, want to know what the new features are being added and which bugs are being fixed in apps. Turning off auto updates in Windows 8.1 and RT is easy.

Launch the Windows Store, bring up the charms bar, hit Settings, then select App Updates.

On the next screen just turn the automatic updates off. Here you can manually check for updates as well.