How do I disable automatic DivX update popups on Mac OS X

Question

Occasionally when I start viewing a video, an annoying popup dialog promps me whether to install a newer version of DivX Player.

New version of DivX for Mac available

As I do not use DivX Player, is there any way to disable the popup?

Answer 1

Solution from official forum. It works in my case (Setting option to NEVER fails to work)

https://forums.divx.com/divx/topics/divx_update_notifications_still_appearing_on_mac_after_uninstalling

If the URL is dead then here is the transcript

1. Unload the DivX auto-update and media server agents

   launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.update.agent.plist

   launchctl unload /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.dms.agent.plist

   launchctl list

   (com.divx.update.agent should not appear in the list)

2. Remove supporting DivX files

   sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.update.agent.plist

   sudo rm /Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.dms.agent.plist

   sudo rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/DivX/

   sudo rm $HOME/Library/Preferences/com.divx.*

--- EOM ---

Answer 2

Go to System Preferences > DivX and modify the "Check for Updates" setting to Never.

Answer 3

It seems the new way is to go to Applications->DivX (folder)->Preferences, run that and change the settings for auto-updating.

Answer 4

I found this advice on: https://discussions.apple.com/message/17048121#17048121

"Here is another sneaky place Divx hides their stuff that "spotlight" did NOT show: Finder: HomeFolder/Library/LaunchAgents/com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist"

Indeed I found this item and deleted it. Remains to be seen if popups stop. There are some other suggestions on that discussion, too.

(To show your library folder, hold down the Alt key while clicking Go in the menu bar)

Answer 5

All of the above, especially the #1 Answer, offer good directions for ridding your Mac of the DivX annoyance. However, I am seeing a number of people who, even after applying these good-riddance tasks, are still being harassed with the annoying DivX Update pop-up.

I may have located the reason for this. They are DivX embeds over the past months and years. If like me, you have been using DivX for a number of years, you will have received, and likely downloaded, the updates. That is until you realized you were being subjected to 'App-Abuse' and decided too end it; with no need for DivX.

Only, then you found getting rid of it was worse than getting rid of an hungry mosquito.

I did the cleansing suggested. And saw the removal of a number of files. I then found another post by #Ashtree which called for the removal of yet another divx file. I did so, but found the file to be non-existent.

However, I wondered, 'What else might be in the /Library?' So I looked for com.divx... files that may be hiding there.

NOTE: *I tried using the very good Search Tool - Spotlight. It is a good search tool for finding general files within the USER /folders, but it did NOT find these files. If one uses the Terminal to conduct a UNIX 'awk' and 'grep' search it may work quite well. I am a bit rusty on using UNIX shell calls. So, I opted for a directory-by-directory visual search. Just to be sure. *

I found - .divx or DivX - files in the following DIRECTORIES:

• LaunchAgents
• Preferences
• Frameworks

The presence of anything DivX will keep resurrecting the 'UPDATE' pop-up, as long as they were there.

In order to properly 'see' these files - and any other like them - you need to open the Finder and set your VIEW to-> Columns; then set the ARRANGE to-> Date Modified. This allows you to see different venues of existing DivX or divx files.

I FOUND ---

• the following two files stashed in /LaunchAgents - for the months of MAY and APRIL 2016.

MAY com.divx.dms.agent.plist APRIL com.divx.update.agent.plist

• the following two files stashed in /Preferences - for 2014 com.divx.unique.hevc.plist com.divx.unique.plist

• the following two files stashed in /Frameworks - for June 2016 DivX Toolkit.fremwork DivXInstallerUtilities.framework

Simply move the files to TRASH NOTE: You WILL be asked to enter your SuperUser/Admin PASSWORD to extract these files. If you do NOT have this Password, you cannot remove the files.

Close out of Active Programs Shut your Computer DOWN Restart .. and you SHOULD BE clean and clear, of the DivX Annoyance.

The proof of this being a totally successful clean will be seen when the next DivX UPDATE cycle is activated. But I do believe I have thwarted and cleansed the annoyance.

Answer 6

If you use Safari and want to uninstall the DivX Player completely, go to Preferences » Extensions » Uninstall DivX.

Answer 7

I've had the Never Update option selected in DIVX preferences for about a year and it just ignores it. I suspect DIVX of dodgy behaviour, and it is only just survivng on my computer before being uninstalled, as it is quite a nice player.

I run Mac's activity Monitor whenever I play a Divx movie, and kill the update process whenever it pops up.

Answer 8

Thank you i65 Design for mentioning the other folders that DivX could be hiding in! I deleted everything from Application Support, Launch Agents, Preferences, and Frameworks, but unfortunately the updater wouldn't leave me alone :( I found out that there is another DivX file that hides in CACHES (cd ~/'Library/Caches/') and it's called: com.Divx.Installer

That bugger in Caches was responsible for reinstalling DivX in my Application Support even after I had deleted (rm -r) it twice from Application Support.

I found the info about DivX in Caches from this site: https://uninstallmacapp.com/divx-removal.html

Hope this helps others!