How to Keep iTunes from Automatically Downloading Purchased Items

It asks for my iTunes account credentials. I’ve tried to get rid of this message, but it keeps popping up every few minutes. I’ve taken the computer to the Genius Bar, but they were unable to remove the message. What can I do to stop this annoying popup?

If you don’t already have a Mac set up to automatically download your purchases from iTunes, then iTunes will request that you set up this feature. Unfortunately, it does this in a rather annoying way. But the feature is pretty handy: it automatically downloads any purchase made on any device linked to your account. So if you buy an app, movie, music, or book on your iOS device, it’s also downloaded to your computer, no syncing necessary.

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How to Remove Startup Items in OS X

Are you tired of applications launching automatically when you start your Mac? Don’t like having a slew of background applications casuing your system to slow down? You can remove those Startup items from launching and bogging down your performance. It's easy to do, and all it takes is a few simple tweaks in the System Preferences.

Remove Startup Items in System Preferences

One of the easiest ways to remove Startup Items is by navigating to System Preferences > Users & Groups. Once there, click your username, and then click on the Login Items tab.

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