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Sarada Akurathi
Sarada Akurathi

Reputation: 1188

Google chrome stop automatic upgrade on mac

I installed Chrome version 72 for my automation work on mac and stopped updating using the following command

defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 0

But next day, when I open my system, it is showing latest version on the Google chrome application through 'Get info' option but when I check the same on Google chrome help --> about google chrome, it is showing 72 version.

Again i have to uninstall and install 72 version to continue with automation work.

Please suggest some solution to this.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2858

Answers (3)

Lukas Willin
Lukas Willin

Reputation: 582

I have posted this on a bunch of these chrome auto update issues and reportedly it has worked on both Windows and Linux, so perhaps it might help you on MAC as well?

Pass this flag to chrome when opening it.

--simulate-outdated-no-au='Tue, 31 Dec 2099 23:59:59 GMT'

You can set a future date. This will let chromium think that it shouldn't be outdated until this date and therefore won't show the outdated message.

By Adalbert Michelic [email protected]
"It's possible to silence this notification by faking the build date by using this command line parameter: --simulate-outdated-no-au='Tue, 31 Dec 2099 23:59:59 GMT'" https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=943668#15

Upvotes: 0

Jangya satapathy
Jangya satapathy

Reputation: 906

After struggling a lot, found an easy solution for Mac users. Hope this will help.

  1. Leave it to upgrade.

  2. Then go to application, right click on chrome app and open package contents.

  3. Navigate further as /Applications/Google Chrome old.app/Contents/Frameworks/Google Chrome Framework.framework/Versions

  4. You will find a current folder. Delete this :)

  5. Restart chrome and enjoy..

Upvotes: 1

Sarada Akurathi
Sarada Akurathi

Reputation: 1188

I search over internet about stop the upgrades and found that it is not possible to stop the chrome upgrades.

Upvotes: 0

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