Generates configuration profiles to set Sparkle-updater-enabled apps off by default. Inspired by Ben Toms post on the Sparkle fiasco, Nate Walck's Chef-driven version, and Greg Neagle's profiles
Download from releases, unpack, and use it on the command line in any of these three ways:
~/Downloads/Extinguish-0.2/extinguish.py /Applications/VLC.app
By dragging the path to any affected app into the terminal window, this will generate a single profile in the root of your home folder (or whatever the current directory is you're working in) called disable_autoupdates_VLC.app.
~/Downloads/Extinguish-0.2/extinguish.py -a com.mactrackerapp.Mactracker -a com.fluidapp.Fluid
This will generate two separate profiles with naming like the VLC example above.
~/Downloads/Extinguish-0.2/extinguish.py -g True -a com.mactrackerapp.Mactracker -a com.fluidapp.Fluid
This will generate a single profile called disable_all_sparkle_autoupdates.mobileconfig containing payloads which will disable all apps specified in one shot.
NOTICE - You still need to test the effectiveness of the profiles created! In many cases, this will not be enough!
Please see a tool like Tim Sutton's mcxToProfile and follow the workflow that tool provides to collect the appropriate keys for an app that does not work with Extinguish out-of-the-box, or edit the profile generated on your own.