Disable automatic update on MacOs? #1200

Thanks for raising this. We are tracking it as an issue and have a fix in progress that adds an in-app "Automatically check for updates" toggle in General settings, so you can disable background update checks without admin rights (manual "Check for updates" still works).

Tracking issue: github/github-app#7378

Just saw it was added to the latest update!

Thanks :)

Thank you for adding the “Automatically check for updates” setting. This addresses the individual user scenario, but enterprise administrators also need a centrally managed and enforceable option.

As an enterprise administrator, I need to disable automatic update checks and automatic installation of updates for the GitHub Copilot app on macOS through an MDM-managed preference or configuration profile.

This is required so that we can:

• Test and approve new versions before broad deployment.
• Align releases with organisational change-management and technology standards.
• Maintain a consistent, supported version across managed devices.
• Prevent update prompts and installation failures for standard users who do not have administrator privileges.
• Deploy approved updates through our existing software-management tooling.

Ideally, GitHub would document supported managed preferences (such as a configuration-profile payload) for separately controlling:

• Automatic update checks.
• Automatic downloading or installation of updates.
• Whether users may override the organisation-managed setting.
• Manual “Check for updates” availability.

The existing in-app setting is helpful, but it is user-controlled and must be configured individually. An MDM-enforceable setting is needed for managed enterprise environments.