How To Turn Off Auto App Updates on iOS Android and Windows 8.1

Arizona Senator John McCain famously asked Apple CEO Tim Cook “Why the hell do I have to keep updating my apps on my iPhone all the time and why you don’t fix that?” I’m waiting for the day that McCain or some other Congress critter flip-flops and asks for instructions on how to turn automatic app updates back off again. Tim Cook and Apple fixed automatic updates for Apps and caught up with Android.  Windows users got the feature with the move to Windows 8.1. So, now users of the three major mobile platforms can automatically update Apps until the cows come home. Huzzah!

Or maybe not. Call me old fashioned, and perhaps not a maverick, but I prefer to have some control over when things change on my devices. I may not be able to control how the NSA grabs my data going out, but I can at least stop App updates from coming in when I don’t want them to. So, I keep automatic updates turned off. I run devices on Windows 8.1, iOS 7, and Android 4.3. I keep automatic app updates turned off for the simple reason that even when manually downloading an update I’ve seen updates go bad. Which means you need to wait for the developer to release a new update. Admittedly for the most part this can be a first world problem, but when it happens it is horribly frustrating.

I used to semi-religiously hit the Update All button in App Stores whenever updates appeared.  But after being bitten once or twice I have become a little more circumspect about this.

Fortunately, users can turn off automatic updates on all three platforms. Here’s how to turn off auto app updates on each platform:

iOS 7

On your iOS 7 device go to Settings. Scroll down to iTunes and App Store and make that selection.

Scroll down to you see the heading Automatic Downloads. The last toggle should be Updates. Turn it off and you’re done.

 

When you have Apps Updates available, you’ll see a badge on the App Store icon on your home screen, or you can go to the App Store and check for updates manually.

Android 4.3

Open up the Google Play Store App from your App Drawer or where you have it located.

Choose Apps and then go to Settings by using the capacitive button to the left of the Home Button.

Once you reach the Settings Window select Auto-Update Apps.

On the menu pop-up that appears choose Do not auto-update apps. You’re done.

Windows 8.1

In Windows 8.1 using the Metro or Modern UI, first open the Windows Store, then swipe in from the right to access the Charms Bar.

Then choose Settings. You will see a selection for App Updates. Select it.

On the next screen you will see a toggle switch to turn automatic updates on or off. Flip the switch and you’ve turned them off.

If you’ve turned automatic updating off, you can check for updates in the Windows Store by following the same steps above and hitting the button to Check for updates.

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Apple replaces iPhone 5 with iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C

Greetings users,

Since we were quite busy with updating some of our features, we are finally back to bang to post it up right again with big news.

NEW DELHI: In a surprise move, Apple on Tuesday replaced the iPhone 5 with two new smartphones the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. This replacement in effect means that Apple will not produce iPhone 5 anymore, and will sell only the stock that is already available with retailers in the market.

The company will however, continue with its iPhone 4S model, which will be available for free in its 8GB version. The company's US website now sports only three iPhone models for consumer comparison, the iPhone 4S, 5C and 5S. Apple had launched iPhone 5 last year.

"The business has become so large that this year we are going to replace the iPhone 5 and we are going to replace it with two new designs," Apple chief Tim Cook announced at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters.

Apple's latest iPhones will come in a bevy of colors and two distinct designs, one made of plastic and the other that aims to be "the gold standard of smartphones." The move comes as rival phones from Samsung and other manufacturers are challenging Apple in the competitive smartphone market.

The iPhone 5C will be available in five colors - green, blue, yellow, pink and white. CEO Tim Cook calls the 5C "more fun and colorful" than any other iPhone. The 5C has a 4-inch (10-centimeter) Retina display and is powered by Apple's A6 chip. It also has an 8 megapixel camera, live photo filters and a rear cover that lights up.

The iPhone 5C will cost $99 for a 16 gigabyte model and $199 for a 32 gigabyte model with a two-year wireless contract. The phone is expected to help Apple boost sales in China and other regions where people don't have as much disposable income to spend on new gadgets compared with the U.S. and Europe.

The second phone, the iPhone 5S, is "the most forward-looking phone we have ever created," said PhilBSE 0.00 % Schiller, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at Apple. It will come in silver, gold and "space gray" and will run on a new chip, the A7, which is up to twice as fast as the A6.

The latest smartphone from Apple has a Touch ID system. A security feature, the sensor which has been built right into the home button scans the user's sub-epidermal skin layers.

"The ring around the home button is just a detection ring which turns on the Touch ID sensor," said Apple. "The home button is sapphire so it won't scratch. It can handle multiple fingerprints too," Apple added.

Apple also said that its next mobile operating system, iOS 7, will be available as a free download on Sept 18.

Craig Federighi, head of software at Apple Inc., said that "downloading iOS 7 is like getting an all new device."

The new system can be downloaded and installed on the iPhone 4 and later models, as well as on the tablets beginning with the iPad 2.