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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...
Hi! I was curious about that situation and find some kinda-low level solution to our problem. Generally speaking, we can disable it. Here is how to do it:
1. open Terminal app
2. type command "launchctl list |grep dropbox" (w/o quotes) it will show annoying agent which name is "com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent"
3. then remove it from your system by typing "launchctl remove com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent"
(if it's does not work you may need some permission to do operation, then type "sudo " prefix before "launchctl remove" command)
4. check that the agent is switched off by typing again command "launchctl list |grep dropbox" and it must showing no more abuse agent in you system.
Hope it's help. Cheers!
oliostro wrote:
Hi! I was curious about that situation and find some kinda-low level solution to our problem. Generally speaking, we can disable it. Here is how to do it:
1. open Terminal app
2. type command "launchctl list |grep dropbox" (w/o quotes) it will show annoying agent which name is "com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent"
3. then remove it from your system by typing "launchctl remove com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent"
(if it's does not work you may need some permission to do operation, then type "sudo " prefix before "launchctl remove" command)4. check that the agent is switched off by typing again command "launchctl list |grep dropbox" and it must showing no more abuse agent in you system.
Hope it's help. Cheers!
