Geek Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cancel-download-app-store.png" alt="Cancel Download from the Mac App Store" title="cancel-download-app-store" width="411" height="97" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19749" /></p> <p>While clarifying the instructions on <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/02/re-download-mac-os-x-lion-from-app-store/">how to re-download Mac OS X Lion from the App Store</a> I discovered a neat little trick; you can cancel downloads.</p> <p><strong>Hold down the Option key from the “Purchases” menu</strong> in the Mac App Store, this causes the “<a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/05/20/pause-downloads-from-the-mac-app-store/">Pause</a>” button to turn into “Cancel”</p> <p>If you click that “Cancel” button you will get a warning dialog box asking to confirm that is what you wanted to do, and reminding you that can re-download the app again for free at any time.</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/cancel-download-mac-app-store.jpg" alt="Cancel a download from the Mac App Store and download again later free" title="cancel-download-mac-app-store" width="474" height="207" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19750" /></p> <p>The ability to re-download purchases from the Mac App Store is part of the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/06/07/single-purchase-of-lion-installs-on-all-macs/">personal use license for OS X Lion</a> and other apps offered through the App Store as well, as long as you are downloading them on your personally authorized Macs using the same Apple ID.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f4m2ATkbvjJCXdTq6AHhEOBblYw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f4m2ATkbvjJCXdTq6AHhEOBblYw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f4m2ATkbvjJCXdTq6AHhEOBblYw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f4m2ATkbvjJCXdTq6AHhEOBblYw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dZ16Jrs2SXo:Aq8sRGwLo1Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dZ16Jrs2SXo:Aq8sRGwLo1Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=dZ16Jrs2SXo:Aq8sRGwLo1Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dZ16Jrs2SXo:Aq8sRGwLo1Q:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=dZ16Jrs2SXo:Aq8sRGwLo1Q:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dZ16Jrs2SXo:Aq8sRGwLo1Q:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=dZ16Jrs2SXo:Aq8sRGwLo1Q:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/dZ16Jrs2SXo" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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