How to prevent Plexamp to auto update on macOS?

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Right now Plexamp 3.4.1 is kinda broken in my system because of this: https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-3-4-1-stuttering-when-using-external-audio-interface-on-macos/686969/3

3.4.0 is working correctly, so I would want to stay in this version until that is fixed. But Plexamp keeps downloading the last version and updating itself in every restart of the app, so I have to uninstall it and then install 3.4.0 again.

Is there any way in the config to prevent it from auto updating?

Thanks.

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I found a way. It’s hacky but works for me:

mkdir -p "~/Library/Application Support/Caches/plexamp-updater"
sudo chown root "~/Library/Application Support/Caches/plexamp-updater"
sudo chmod 0700 "~/Library/Application Support/Caches/plexamp-updater"

This obviously requires admin access. Context: When downloading the update, Plexamp saves the file to ~/Application Support/Caches/plexamp-updater/…. By owning that directory by root and disallowing others to read/write from/to it, Plexamp won’t be able to download the update and thus will stay with the current version.

If you want to “re-enable” auto-updates later on, you’ll just have to delete the directory altogether:

sudo rm -rf "~/Library/Application Support/Caches/plexamp-updater"
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it doesn’t really make a lot of sense, the underlying player libraries haven’t changed since June 2020 :thinking:

anyone willing to work with me to try to see if we can narrow down what changed?

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Hey Elan, sure! Just hit me up via the email address that’s on my website (linked in my forum profile).

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I was doing more os less the same with the whole Plexamp App in the Applications folder (changing permissions to 444). Even if it downloads the update, it cannot apply it. You solution is better, thanks :slight_smile:

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