Google Chrome: Disable Automatic Updates

Are you tried of Google Chrome automatically installing updates? You can disable it on both Windows and Mac machines:

**Windows Machines**

Open registry editor. Locate:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Update

Add a new `DWORD` value named `DisableAutoUpdateChecksCheckboxValue` and set it to `1` to disable automatic updates or `0` to re-enable them.

**Mac OS X**

Open terminal and run the following command:

defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 0

To re-enable automatic updates for google chrome use this command:

defaults write com.google.Keystone.Agent checkInterval 18000

This also works for Chromium and beta versions of GoogleChrome.

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