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terminal command "defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval" doesn`t work permanently

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Posted on Jul 23, 2023 1:14 AM

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Jul 23, 2023 5:31 AM in response to VMAX55

Just delete the Launch Agent completely. I don’t use their products, so I don’t know if that would break Chrome. Without the launch agent, it can’t check at all.

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Jul 23, 2023 7:28 AM in response to dialabrain

That`s what I meant - the content of the Google Help was not correct. Your link was fine, thanks. The content at google was not working, because after every new installation of chrome, google overwrites everything again...

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Jul 23, 2023 6:45 AM in response to dialabrain

Unfortunately it didn`work - Google always overwrites the made inputs with "3" ...

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Jul 23, 2023 2:39 AM in response to VMAX55

Google Chrome Help

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Jul 23, 2023 2:46 AM in response to VMAX55

https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7591084?hl=en

Do not use Google Chrome so can not verify this will or will not work

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Jul 23, 2023 6:47 AM in response to Owl-53

thanks anyway - the suggestions in the google article didn`t work...

what internet browser do you recommend on a mac? Safari?

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Jul 23, 2023 6:49 AM in response to Barney-15E

it seems to work...

after deleting the files, ist comes up with the message...google cannot update by itself...

YES!!!

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Jul 23, 2023 7:20 AM in response to VMAX55

VMAX55 wrote:

Unfortunately it didn`work - Google always overwrites the made inputs with "3" ...

😎 What didn't work? I only posted the link to Google Help. 🙂

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Jul 23, 2023 10:24 AM in response to VMAX55

If you must use a chromium browser, try Edge. It installs Microsoft’s Autoupdate in the same way. I don’t know if it overwrites it—probably.

There are other chromium browsers.

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