Looks like it's at : /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/GoogleSoftwareUpdate.bundle
There is a plist in /Library/LaunchAgents which points here. There is also one in /Library/LaunchDaemons. Michael On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: > From what is said here: > http://groups.google.com/group/google-earth-browser-plugin/browse_thread/thread/146882feca2788c3 > its suggested that the Google Update process is based on > > http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/ > > Dont know if can work out what the binary is called from there? > > > > 2009/2/3 Michael Weisman <[email protected]> >> >> Little Snitch (http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html) >> warns me from time-to-time about a Google Updater trying to access an >> update server. >> >> Although I don't see any processes running on my work mac (which has >> GE5 among other Google tools) which jump out as a Google Updater. >> >> Michael >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:55 AM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Tyler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It's GoogleUpdate.exe >> > >> > sorry, I should have said, I am using a Mac. I was expecting to see >> > something like that, but don't see anything... GE5 is running, and >> > here is what I get >> > >> > [01:54 PM] ~$ps -aux | grep 'oogle' >> > punkish 896 3.7 2.7 1149512 111928 ?? R 1:52PM 0:10.56 >> > /Applications/Google Earth.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Earth >> > -psn_0_622744 >> > punkish 921 0.0 0.0 599780 460 s000 R+ 1:54PM 0:00.00 >> > grep oogle >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM, P Kishor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> "This software will update any Google software on your computer when >> >>> new versions become available. Google Software Update verifies updates >> >>> and is safer than downloading files from the Internet yourself. >> >>> >> >>> To continue using Google Earth, you must accept the new Google privacy >> >>> policies and allow Google Software Update to run in the background on >> >>> your computer." >> >>> >> >>> am trying to determine what the heck runs "in the background on (my) >> >>> computer" but so far haven't discovered anything particularly ominous. >> >>> Anyone else want to shed light on this? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> Puneet Kishor >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Geowanking mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Puneet Kishor http://www.punkish.org/ >> > Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ >> > Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) http://www.osgeo.org/ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Geowanking mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geowanking mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > > > -- > Barry > > - www.nearby.org.uk - www.geograph.org.uk - > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
