Pause Downloads from the Mac App Store

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<p>You can pause any active download from the Mac App Store by <strong>right-clicking on the apps icon in the Dock and selecting “Pause” from the menu.</strong> Resuming the download is just a matter of right-clicking again and selecting Unpause.</p>

<p>This is a useful tip if you want to quickly preserve bandwidth for another task, or if you started a download on something like a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/17/att-cracking-down-on-unofficial-iphone-tethering-mywi-users/">tethered data connection</a> and you want to save your precious data plan and finish the download later.</p>

<p>This tip should be familiar to anyone who has <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/03/05/pause-application-downloads-and-updates-on-the-iphone-ipod-touch/">paused an iPhone or iOS download</a> by tapping and holding on an apps icon. The idea of pausing and unpausing app store downloads is clearly borrowed from the iOS world and for good reason, it’s useful!</p>

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