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macOS: Enable Chrome Auto Updates For All Users

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Meant to be run after installing Chrome for the first time on a machine to enable auto updates for all users. Creates the /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate folder, including “TicketStore“. Then registers the system for autoupdates.

Before running, /Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate doesn’t exist

Run the script with Sudo to install to the system wide location at /Library/Google instead of the user location at ~/Library/Google. 

 sudo chrome_enable_autoupdates.rb

After running, the folder and ticket store are created

. To check settings after running:

  • Open Chrome
  • Click on Chrome in upper left menu bar
  • Click on “About Google Chrome“
  • Check update settings

The bulk of the work is done by the KSADMIN command to register a keystone ticket and check for updates. Full script can be found here.

  def self.keystone_register
          command = [
             "'#{KSADMIN}'",
             "--register",
             "--productid",          "'#{product_id}'",
             "--version",            "'#{chrome_version}'",
             "--xcpath",             "'#{CHROMEPATH}'",
             "--url",                "'#{update_url}'",
             "--tag-path",           "'#{TAGPATH}'",
             "--tag-key",            "'#{TAGKEY}'",
             "--brand-path",         "'#{BRANDPATH}'",
             "--brand-key",          "'#{BRANDKEY}'",
             "--version-path",       "'#{VERSIONPATH}'",
             "--version-key",        "'#{VERSIONKEY}'",
       "--system-store",
             "2>/dev/null"]
          system("#{command.join(" ")}")
     end