After a system-wide Dark Mode has been available in macOS for almost a year now, Slack is starting to roll out its own dark mode today for its desktop apps including macOS. The update comes after.
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When an IT administrator installs the Slack desktop app to all of their employees' machines, it will install to the /Applications folder and update automatically whenever a new version of Slack is released. As an IT administrator, you can gain more control over Slack app installation and updates by choosing where to install the app and disabling automatic updates.
Note: If you disable automatic updates, we recommend updating the app regularly to make sure you’re running the most secure version and have access to new features.
Slack can be used by multiple users on the same machine. You can install Slack to a user’s /Applications or ~/Applications folder. Compare the two methods below to determine which installation is right for your organization.
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You can disable automatic updates on a per-user basis. This is helpful for testing new versions of the Slack app before releasing them, or for gradually rolling out app updates. To maintain app reliability and security, we recommend updating Slack whenever a new app version is released.
To prevent Slack from automatically checking for updates, run the following terminal command as each user who will be running Slack.
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defaults write com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap SlackNoAutoUpdates -bool YES
Use the following command to re-enable automatic updates.
defaults write com.tinyspeck.slackmacgap SlackNoAutoUpdates -bool NO
If Slack is installed to ~/Applications, users can update the app without special permissions. If Slack is installed to /Applications, users must be administrators of their Mac machines and have write access to slack.app and all files beneath it in order to update.
On a shared machine, we recommend IT administrators create a permissions group for all Slack users. You can then grant ownership and write access to that permissions group using the following terminal command. Replace example with the name of your permission group:
chown -R :example /Applications/Slack.app && chmod -R 755 /Applications/Slack.app
Tip: We have an RSS feed to notify you of new Mac Slack Desktop App updates: https://slack.com/release-notes/mac/rss. Learn how to add RSS feeds to your Slack workflow.
If you have CC/Mods installed in your game it is essential that you move them out of the Sims 4 folder before updating your game. To make sure you are not caught out by automatic updates, before you have a chance to move out your CC/Mods, you need to turn them off. To turn off automatic updates for your game, open Origin then go to Preferences: Make sure you’re in the Application tab and scroll down to Client Update. Automatic game updates and Automatically update Origin should both be off:.
Make sure Origin is not automatically loading when you start up/login to your Mac. Automatically start Origin should be off:. To verify that Origin shouldn’t be loading at startup/login you can double check whilst it’s open.
Right click on the Origin icon in your Dock, go to Options and make sure Open at Login is unticked:. And finally, to triply make sure Origin shouldn’t be loading at startup/login, check your user account preferences. Open System Preferences then click on Users & Groups:Make sure your user account is selected then click on Login Items in the right hand pane. Origin should not show up there at all: If Origin is showing there simply click on it and then click on the minus (-) symbol under the window. That will remove it.That’s it. Your game and Origin should never update automatically now.
You will be prompted to update when you open Origin and when you launch the game. So remember, if you have Mods – MOVE THEM OUT BEFORE UPDATING YOUR GAME!
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