I got a dialog asking if I want to auto-update Brave and very unfortunately dismissed it without unchecking the option. I see no option in the preferences. I use a lot of private tabs (despite the poor Google implementation) and I don’t want to auto-restart the browser. Ever.
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@Ball,
Can I ask why you want to disable auto-update? This is generally a bad idea for security reasons and is strongly advised against.
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Restarting the browser kills all my private tabs. Unfortunately Brave does not support multi-account containers. Instead it just behave like Chromium. Unfortunately every single Chrome extension with this ability is ad/malware.
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I travel a lot and for this reason I absolutely do NOT use Brave when on the road. Why? It will initiate a download of a large file without prompting. This is also why I block Apple and other chatty apps that treat me like a product and not a user.
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Because THAT’S WHAT I WANT and I shouldn’t have to explain why.
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You didn’t mention what environment you’re running on
EDIT: NEVER MIND … I missed the MacOS TAG : )
it’s macos
This looks like a better method:
https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/discussions/disable-brave-browser-auto-update-on-a-mac/
Both methods are an equal security risk so yes, fell free to use either.