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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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Sanchez's avatar
Sanchez
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9 years ago
Hey there, 
 
Thanks for posting your comments about the auto-update feature of our app. We are very interested in your feedback about our product, and I’ll make sure to pass it on to our developers. 
 
Cheers
protagonistic's avatar
protagonistic
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago
Sanchez wrote:
Hey there, 
 
Thanks for posting your comments about the auto-update feature of our app. We are very interested in your feedback about our product, and I’ll make sure to pass it on to our developers. 
 
Cheers

I absolutely hate it when someone thinks they know what is best for my computer. An autoupdate that can't be turned off is really no different than a piece of malware. Having been using and working on computers for over 45 years I don't take kindly to things like this. As I mentioned I could have simply created a firewall rule to not allow it to communicate out but I shouldn't have to. But equally troubling is leaving a launch agent on the system, if you uninstall like most Mac users do, and that is inexcuseable.

 

Anyway, I felt that booting the app was the best interim solution as I can do what I need to do without the app. And thanks for your comment. developers need to know what people think.  

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