Google Software Updater fuckups

Posted on Thu 22 September 2016 in Linux • 1 min read

google-software-updater

To disable the ksfetch (ks = keystone) daemon (which comes with google products) there are several ways to do this.

Uninstall the Google Software Update Agent

$ /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle \
    /Contents/Resources/GoogleSoftwareUpdateAgent.app/Contents/Resources/ksinstall [--nuke]

The --nuke parameter will also remove ksfetch related stuff.

Set the checkInterval to the maximum (24h). Default is 5h (18000)

$ defaults read com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval
$ defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 86400

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