Google Gemini Mac App Reinstalls 2 Background Processes Without Permission
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Updated · 9to5Mac · Jun 5
Google Gemini Mac App Reinstalls 2 Background Processes Without Permission
3 articles · Updated · 9to5Mac · Jun 5
Summary
Two background components — GeminiAppLauncher and GoogleUpdater — are installed by Google’s Gemini Mac app and silently re-added if users remove them, according to criticism highlighted this week.
John Gruber said the app never asks permission to add the login item or updater, and offers no setting to disable either background process.
The complaint adds to broader dissatisfaction with the Mac app, which the latest report says still lacks features available through Safari’s “Add to Dock” web-app version and fails to support at least one existing chat thread.
Google launched the dedicated Gemini Mac app in April, but the report argues the software remains a weaker option than the browser-based alternative two months later.