The following approach is a guideline only; the exact steps depend on which MDM tool you use.

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Manage Chrome updates (Mac) Applies to Mac users who sign in to a managed account on Chrome Browser.

The following example shows settings for Chrome Browser (com.google.Chrome) that turns on auto-updates: updatePolicies global UpdateDefault 0.

You can also turn off auto-updates if your organization wants instead to push Chrome Browser updates manually.

The following example shows settings for Chrome Browser (com.google.Chrome) that turns off auto-updates: updatePolicies global UpdateDefault 2.

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The following example shows how to turn off component updates: global ComponentUpdatesEnabled false.

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For a full list of exempted components, see ComponentUpdatesEnabled.

If you set this value to 0, the system behaves as if no update window is specified.

To configure update policies for an app, you must know the app id.

It will be in the form com.google.productname.

For example, the app id for Drive File Stream is com.google.drivefs.

The following example shows settings for Drive File Stream ( com.google.drivefs ).

This stops your devices from updating to versions of the app beyond the number you specify.

Dont forget to unpin users computers or they can fall behind on critical security updates and miss new features.

The following example shows settings for Chrome Browser ( com.google.Chrome ) that turns off auto-updates and pins the version to 62.

The updates downloaded from Google can be cached on most web-caching proxy servers.

Proxy caches reduce bandwidth and improve response times by caching and reusing frequently requested webpages.

To make sure that your proxy cache software can cache Chrome Browser updates, experienced IT administrators can configure the following settings.

Updates are downloaded as one file, so make sure that the maximum file object size is at least 1 GB.

Ensure that the cache has adequate storage space, either in memory or on disk.

Browsers retrieve objects cached in memory faster than on the hard disk.

This value needs to be set high enough to keep Chrome Browser updates in memory, but low enough to keep larger objects from hoarding the cache memory.

Set the maximum object size in memory at a reasonable limit, such as 2,000 KB.

If you have a large hard drive (more than 30 GB), you can increase the value to cache more objects.

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