How can I block google updater?
hello,
i happily switched to Apple 6 yrs ago, but now I get the impression that since there are more mac users , software companies like google create software that work as in windows world...
what do i mean?
i was sick of those windows times when i had "intrusion like software" that ran without being aware of... now i see it is happening in our mac world...
few months ago, google changed the way we could download and install their sw... such as Earth.. for the latest version I was forced to install the 'google installer' if i wanted to upgrade Google Earth...
but what i hate from it or what i dont like from it, is that when i see at the Activity monitor, there are 2 new friends, 'google updater' and "google sw updater".... they are always running... and sometimes they are shown in red, so it means it is not responding...
are they becoming the mac-version of spyware and malware?
how can I block these 2 new friends? i'm afraid the answer is either to uninstall Earth or get used to these 2 new friends...
My installation of Google Earth did not come with Updater, but the Google Earth Plugin for Safari did, and won't install without it. Thats when I started to see errors in my system logs (problems with backups) relating to it. The install for the Earth plugin says:
Notices: By pressing <Continue>, you will also be installing Google Software Update, which periodically updates the Google Earth Plug-in and other currently installed Google software to their latest versions. In order to keep you safer on the internet, these updates will happen automatically. If you do not wish to receive such updates, please do not proceed with the installation.
I have to confess that I did not notice this when I did the original installation. The Google Voice and Video plugin did not have this notice, and the Customize option to uncheck the Google Update install is greyed-out.
The Google Updater for Windows has configuration options that allow customization of the update process:
'Automatically update software': Silently keep your software up-to-date without any prompts or notifications. (Occasionally, an issue may need your attention, in which case you'll be notified.)
'Notify me when there are new updates': Receive update notifications. You can then choose when you'd like to install them.
'Let me check for updates myself': Don't receive any update notifcations. Your software won't be updated automatically. To see a list of available updates,click the Updates tab.
The MacOS version of Updater doesn't have these features (yet?). If you feel Mac users should have feature parity with Windows users in this regard, make your suggestions known to Google at:
http://www.google.com/support/pack/bin/static.py?page=suggestions.cs
BTW, somewhere along the line I got MacFUSE - a Google user-mode filesystem extension - installed. I have no idea where that came from, since it isn't mentioned as an installed component in the Google Earth plugin. More spooky behavior from the Google apps...
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