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Authored by: RichB on Apr 13, '02 06:23:37AM
Because the files aren't there Software Update knows you don't have those updates. By creating an empty folder it tricks it into thinking it's installed already. Brilliant!

Seems like it should be an easy thing for Apple to program into a button like "Permanently Inactivate This Item."

Each of my 8 folders warned about the ".pkg" extension. Finder took a while to diplay the name properly but immediately displayed the package icon instead of a folder.

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Authored by: vrosso on Apr 13, '02 03:01:09PM

Yeah, I would of thought Apple would of included that feature. I'm thinking maybe they're afraid that people will forget they permanently deactivated an update. They want to keep things friendly.

That's one thing Microsoft has done right. Their automatic update lets you do this pretty easily.

--Vince



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