Hidden google updater

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  1. lordthistle, Jan 23, 2009

    lordthistle macrumors 6502

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    I installed Google Picasa far Mac on a 10.5.6 leopard machine.

    Today, a window told me that I should update my version of Picasa, but Picasa was not running. The updater was... well hidden.

    In fact, there is no google updater in my StartupItems. Furthermore, there is no goo* process among the running processes. The only upd* process is "update", whose function I ignore.

    Does anyone know which one is the Google Updater process?

    thistle

    PS. At Google they forgot to add "sudo" and User Authentication in the updater. The updater fails also when launched with Administrator privileges. That's funny, the mighty Google offering us such pearls of Mac programming :)
     
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  2. TJMeier, Jan 23, 2009

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    Same thing happened to me yesterday v1.03. I forgot I had Picasa on my computer!
     
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  3. avotree, Feb 10, 2009

    avotree macrumors newbie

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    I run the Little Snitch app to keep track of which programs are connecting to the internet without my permission. Yesterday I installed Google Earth. Today, Google Apps Updater has tried to phone home about a half-dozen times. And yes, G Earth is closed.

    I know Google has a "do no harm" philosophy, but that's a little invasive in my book. I notice their EULA requires installation of the Updater. What exactly are they updating if the program is closed?
     
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  4. BobZune, Feb 11, 2009

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