Also, once google updater is installed, you can see which google software you have already installed. finally, google updater provides you with a central place for discovering and downloading more google software.. To my surprise, "google software update" seems to be installed on my mac, and is trying to connect to google analytics. i deleted chrome, so i don't see why this should be installed. using finder, i can't find any "google" software using the search feature.. Google software update is used to support software patching (both background updating, and on-demand update checks) for google chrome, earth, and a variety of other google products on at least mac and windows as far as i know (and it probably on linux platform as well)..
This software is called google updater, and it secretly “calls home” on a regular basis and downloads updates to your google software without either asking before, or notifying you after, doing so.. Removing the update engine from your home directory. several commenters mentioned the update engine was installed in their home directory. if the update engine was installed on a per-user basis (as opposed to system-wide), then use this command instead:. To make sure you're protected by the latest security updates, google chrome can automatically update when a new version of the browser is available on your device. with these updates, you might someti more information for mac, linux, and windows 8 users . google chrome uses a process called google update to check for updates..