I am running OSX 10.9 Maverick on a Macbook Pro. I observe this problem in Firefox 25.1 The scroll bars in any application window all dissapear after about a second. If you resize the window or select an item with subdirectories in a list, the scroll bar in the pane you are in reappears, but it does not dwell long enough to allow you to move a. Jun 24, 2020 Google no longer provides support for older versions than Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10. FAQ Can you install Google Chrome on a Mac? Yes, you can. If you want to use Chrome as your default browser, you will need to manually set it to the default browser on your PC as Mac comes out with the Safari web browser pre-installed.
here's the deal, google refuses to load. this is happening on both my macbook and on mom's macbook pro, although it still loads on our pc.
our internet connection is wireless. also, slowly other websites take longer to load on our mac or just half load..eventhough all this works on our pc. i've come to the conclusion that it isn't our internet connection because on non-macs, it works just fine. by the way our trouble with internet is both safari and firefox. is this just our computers? is there a way to fix it? thank you so much for your help!
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I also am strongly averse to an invisible, uncontrollable updater. However, it should be noted that the Google EULA you agree to when you install the package says that you must allow the updater service and are not allowed to try to modify it or prevent it from running if you use other Google software. I doubt they have the capacity to enforce this provision, but if you're concerned about these sort of 'contracts,' it's important to know what you may be violating.
I don't give a damn if this violates the EULA. Let them sue me. Maybe Google has forgotten what platform they're developing for. Crapware like this belongs on Windows. How dare you sully my platform by bringing this garbage to it. With regards to Little Snitch, I found that it causes more problems than it solves. It is basically impossible to remove from the system without reinstalling the OS.
Well EULAs usually contain everything but the kitchen sink these days. But realistically, why does Google implant updaters like this into their software? Just because they can?
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU. I'll be trying this out as soon as I get home.
A simpler way to block it is to do the following: This removes the update directory / folder and replaces it with a file owned by root, which the updater will then not be able to replace.
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All of this is way too much work. Just add the following lines just after the ' line in the file: If that is too much work, this should also do it:launchctl -w unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist
I also strongly recommend Little Snitch
To follow up: On my system, the only file I need to change was '~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist'. I have heard that some people have additional launchd files in /Library or /System/Library. You may have to apply the same fix to the other files. Furthermore, there no guarantee that GoogleEarth, to whom we've all dutifully given our admin passwords when installing, will not remove this disabled key. It seems to be holding on my system. GoogleEarth is fully functional and I can update on my own schedule. If any of that changes, I'll know about it due to LittleSnitch.
I did this a while back, based on discussions at MacInTouch. Works just fine.
Have any users here tried this yet? I've downloaded Google Earth 5.0 and performed the operations outlined (the first two easy steps), but I have not yet tried to run G.E. and install it. I'm waiting for some reports!
Stp file viewer for mac os x. Thanks. I suppose we will have to go through the same steps anytime we do further updates to Google Earth? Just speculating.
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It would be really nice if Apple would make Software Update functionality available to third-party programs. Give the system the place to ping for updates, then sit back and let the OS get them on the same schedule you've set the OS to update itself. We can hope.
Just to clarify, as other's have noted there's more than one way to prevent the Google updater doing its thing. The advantage I see that the method I mentioned has over the others is that it applies to all users of that computer. This is particularly useful in a network user environment where multiple users could be potentially downloading the same update that never gets installed as they're not a privileged user. It also means you don't somehow have to modify/remove the launchd plist and related folders/files under every account.
That said, of course use which ever method suits your situation best.
I recently removed Google Earth as it created a lot of clutter for seemingly little benefit. For example, why is there a Google folder under ~/Library when there is a perfectly good Application Support directory in which Google can put their stuff? Heck, even Microsoft manages to get that right. So many apps use the Sparkle framework for updating. Why can't Google? If an app can't be a good citizen, then it has no place on my Mac. If the developers of Google Earth can't follow a few basics, then who knows what other horrors are in there.
Just a thought: 'Keyhole' is also the name of one of the USA's strategic satellite surveillance systems. Maybe this background 'updater' is a compromise struck to permit selective redaction of views of the Earth, the same way that GPS can be selectively redacted when needs be?
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The Google Earth plugin for web browsers also appears to use the same update mechanism. Even if you don't have the app installed it'll install the updater. The plugin contains the same resources (install.py and Keystone.tbz) as the app.
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