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castalla
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January 31, 2019
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Remove Update Notification

  • January 31, 2019
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I guess I already know the answer - no. In fact I want to remove the 'Update Now' icon - I don't want an update and don't need to be reminded everytime I use the desktop app.
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    Best answer by Keith N
    castalla: You cannot remove the notification for a new update. In order to dismiss this notification, you need to update. If you do not want to receive updates (and in turn, the notifications) in the future, you would need to go to the More tab > Settings > System Updates and switch off Automatic Updates. This setting cannot be changed on the desktop controller.

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    jgatie
    jgatie
    January 31, 2019
    More > Settings > Advanced Settings and turn "Auto Check for Updates" to 'Off'.
      castallaAuthor
      Local Superstar
      January 31, 2019
      Nope - no 'More > Settings > Advanced Settings and turn "Auto Check for Updates" to 'Off'.' on my desktop app
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      castallaAuthor
      Local Superstar
      February 4, 2019
      Still hoping to find a way on the desktop controller to suppress the Update Now icon ....

      Anybody?
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      castallaAuthor
      Local Superstar
      February 4, 2019
      How can jgatie's reply be labelled 'best answer' when it doesn't answer the question ?
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      Keith N
      Keith NAnswer
      Sonos Staff
      February 4, 2019
      castalla: You cannot remove the notification for a new update. In order to dismiss this notification, you need to update. If you do not want to receive updates (and in turn, the notifications) in the future, you would need to go to the More tab > Settings > System Updates and switch off Automatic Updates. This setting cannot be changed on the desktop controller.
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      castallaAuthor
      Local Superstar
      February 4, 2019
      Just as I suspected .... another 'fail' for the software developers. And another 'less than satisfied' end-user.

      Squeezebox has had the ability to hide/remove menu items for years ... Sonos desktop app has become more and more user-unfriendly with every update.
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      jgatie
      jgatie
      February 4, 2019
      Just as I suspected .... another 'fail' for the software developers. And another 'less than satisfied' end-user.

      Squeezebox has had the ability to hide/remove menu items for years ... Sonos desktop app has become more and more user-unfriendly with every update.

      Squeezebox hasn't been sold in years, despite the few hundred of you propping up it's corpse like Norman Bate's mommy.

      And the "switch off Automatic Updates" works across platforms, though the setting can only be changed on the iOS/Android app. Thus my answer is most certainly a correct answer to the question posed in the OP.
      castallaAuthor
      Local Superstar
      February 4, 2019
      LMS is updated frequently - at least once a month with compatibility across windows, linux and mac versions. Hardly ever a hiccup is reported, and when it infrequently goes wrong there's a fix within hours Heck, you can even downgrade if you want. But why would you downgrade as updates always provide improvement and new features compared to the recent Sonos 'updates'!

      Your reply suggested there was a 'setting' to remove the update icon - there isn't for the desktop app, as Keith N confirmed So your reply was inaccurate especially as I specifically mentioned DESKTOP in my original post.
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      jgatie
      jgatie
      February 4, 2019
      No, the setting applies to all controllers, but can only be changed on the mobile controller. In other words, shut it off on the mobile controller and the desktop no longer checks.
      This assumes you do not currently have a mismatch between controller(s) and hardware versions, as explained by Keith. So as I said, the answer is accurate, if you no longer wish to be reminded of updates, turn that setting to Off on the mobile controller.

      As to the Squeezebox nonsense, if Squeeze has .0001% of the market, I'll eat my shirt. That is a dead product, no matter how long you cling to its corpse. But your loyalty to a long deceased product is quite cute. Laughable, of course, but still cute.
      castallaAuthor
      Local Superstar
      February 4, 2019
      Well, you may be right about the mobile controller switch off. I guess I need to ignore the Playstore notifications that there's an update and not rely on the app itself to give notifications.

      You must have had a very scarring experience with Squeezebox to be so dismissive of such a flexible and long-lasting solution to media streaming.

      I guess it's the difference between a Corporist approach to society rather than the Cooperative one - a bit like the USA polity versus European social democracy! But, let's keep politics out of the picture ... sorry!
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