stefanmaine wrote:

 

That did it. Thank you.

With the icon  off the menu bar, will the Adobe apps be included in the update process at "Apple>>Software update" or in some other way ... or have I seen my last Dreamweaver and Photoshop update? (After decades as a Windows user, I am still new to Apple.) 

What?  If you disable that you will only get pop-ups when the programs open.  Apple Software Update is for Apple software.  It would be like asking Windows Update  to update Dreamweaver for you. The only time it will show in the menu bar is if there is an update you should run.  Personally I think you would be better off leaving it so you remember to update rather than turning it off.  Once you update the icon goes away. 

Just open any open App -> Help --> Updates.  That will open the update manager.  They you should be able to change the preference.  And I've been a Mac user since when OS X meant 10.0 and still shipped with a boot of OS 9.  So I'm pretty familiar with the ins and outs of OSX.  Apple Software Update won't even update App Store apps. You have to manually open the App Store every so often to see if there are updates for those programs.  I personally think that is damn annoying and should be changed, but so far no change.

This doesn't work.

There is no such option in my Adobe Updater.

I even tried removing the dumb App but the menu is still there but no longer works.  Trying to reinstall fails.

I wish Apple would take action against Adobe for their creepy nonstandard and invasive virus like installation system.

VL,

Could you please google it for me and posting the answer here?

What's the point of posting "please google it" instead of posting something helpful?

Obviously I googled it, could not find the answer. The only thing I regret is my purchase, since I didn't authorize Adobe to inflict invasive malware on my Mac, but fortunately I can cancel that.