[CUBE] OT: Quicktime 6...

[J.C. Webber III]

George Pepper wrote:
> Software update tells me to download QuickTime, and then asks me for a 
> bunch of registration crap after I do... I never got any registration 
> info from Apple [That I can recall], so it is not possible to fill in 
> the form... So, not giving a rip about QuickTime, I cancel out of the 
> form... But Software Update keeps telling me to download the POS 
> again... What's the deal?... I can't get anything from Apple at all... 
> I THINK I bought QuickTime Pro back in my OS 9 days, but I never used 
> it for anything, so I really don't want this software [I'm not even 
> sure what the heck it's for, other than playing video off the web and 
> internal musical instruments, neither of which I use... EVER!]... Is 
> there any way to get Software Update to stop bothering me with this 
> particular software that I don't want or need?... I had the same 
> problem with the Hard Disk Update... I knew I didn't want it, and I 
> knew I didn't need it, but I finally downloaded the thing to keep from 
> being bugged about it [And, of course, it told me that "There are no 
> disks present that require updating" ;^/]... All I want to be able to 
> do is tell Software Update: "You see this particular software here? 
> [QuickTime, iSight, Bluetooth, iCal, iMovie, etc.] I don't want to be 
> informed about updates to this software for this computer EVER!"... Am 
> I asking too much here?...
> 
> Pep 

Highlight the package you don't want, click on Options->Ignore Update

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