macosnotifications
How can I determine the source of these notifications? I don't have any app that is called "Computing on Demand" and I can't find any reference to it on the Internet. I've thought about turning off all notifications and turning back on one by one but I'm not sure that would turn them off if its malicious.
Turns out I was wrong; you can configure this on iPhone.
As the guide on this page taught me:
Now, in my case it was probably Nearby Friends that I mostly wanted to disable. I ended up turning off some others too:
I have just disabled checking for updates automatically from System Preferences:
I install updates manually from App Store or with sudo softwareupdate -ia.
I tried adding this command to the root's crontab (and not restarting after updates):
0 14 * * * /usr/sbin/softwareupdate -ia
I didn't have any issues at first, but after the 10.8.3 update, Safari started crashing on launch until I restarted. After that I changed -ia to -da so the command just downloads updates. softwareupdate does not include updates for App Store applications though.
Best Answer
Prompted by the answer here, it's a good idea to check
~/LibraryFolder first, then the whole computer.