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Mike G.'s avatar
Mike G.
New member | Level 1
12 years ago

Disable automatic updates

How can I prevent dropbox from automatically updating itself? The new dropbox 3 has a very anti-windows-7 UI that I don't like, so I reinstalled 2.10. How do I stop dropbox from continually install...
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saiena's avatar
saiena
New member | Level 2
9 years ago
If you do not provide a facility for disabling auto-updates of the Mac app, I will plan to cancel my dropbox use. Auto-updates are an unacceptable security risk, because if your update servers are compromised, my workstations will be at risk.
protagonistic's avatar
protagonistic
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago
saiena wrote:
If you do not provide a facility for disabling auto-updates of the Mac app, I will plan to cancel my dropbox use. Auto-updates are an unacceptable security risk, because if your update servers are compromised, my workstations will be at risk.

I too came across this feature with the latest update. There are several options you can take but you shouldn't have to. In the meantime I have uninstalled the Dropbox client on my Mac. You can still access it through your browser. It you do uninstall it be aware that uninstalling "DOES NOT" uninstall the autoupdate launch daemon in the library. Another option you can use is, if you have a firewall other than the one Apple provides, create a rule that will block the autoupdate daemon from connecting out. Neither option is really an acceptable solution as autoupdate should have never been added without a way to turn it off. Hope this helps you and I am curious to see if the actually allow this answer to be posted.

 

 

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