Opera Updates Appear to Loop
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bcanuel last edited by
Actually I'll remove and reinstall it now. The next Opera update will either work or it won't. Thanks for your help with this.
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bcanuel last edited by
Just applied Opera update 41.0.2353.46 and it worked normally...meaning after re-launch the update did not re-start. Avi...thanks for for your time and attention to this. Appreciated. It looks like the issue is resolved.
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bcanuel last edited by
Must now report that the looping condition has returned. Worked that one time I mentioned but today's update would re-start after re-launch. The only workaround is to re-install Opera or alternatively delete the Opera app and re-install it again.
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bcanuel last edited by
I keep it in the Applications folder. I could move it somewhere else, I suppose, but would that matter?
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bcanuel last edited by
Just to confirm, this is happening with Opera updates on the MBP as well. Opera is the Applications folder. My other comments concerned an iMac 21.5".
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avl Opera last edited by
No, don't move it, it's fine there
Was just wondering if it was in some kind of protected directory.I'm pretty much out of ideas, it's very curious that this happens on two machines. We do of course test automatic updating on every release, and I haven't seen this failure occur. Nor do the statistics indicate that many people are having a problem updating Opera on Mac.
So I guess it must be something we haven't found out about the configuration or software running on those machines. Can you think of anything you always set / install / change after you get a new Mac?
If anyone else has this problem as well, it would be helpful if you could join in so we can find out what's common between @bcanuel and you.
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bcanuel last edited by
Is there a trace I can turn on or a log I can look at when updating Opera? Maybe there is more information that I can collect.
In terms of my setup here, it's pretty vanilla. I'm running the latest version OS X (10.11) on a 21.5" iMac (late 2009) and a MBP (mid 2009). The looping issue occurs on both machines. I use the same software and apps on both of these machines with only a very few exceptions. I use the latest version of Avast AV (Version 12.3 (47217) with Virus Definitions Version 16112901) and have scanned my hard-driveconfirmed I am virus free. The OS X Firewall is turned off. I've checked for malware using Malwarebytes Anti-malware app and I am clean of that. There are only 3 plugins enabled in Opera (Adobe Flash Player, Chrome PDF Viewer and Widevine Content Decryption Module). I'm pretty sure I installed Flash Player but the other two plugins are Chrome related, I think...my primary browser. I have turned VPN on in Opera and use Opera's native adblocking in Preferences (Privacy and Security). (BTW...I have now repaired permissions as well but there was nothing there Opera related that I could see and I won't know if this corrects the problem until the next update.)
There's nothing more that I can think of doing or trying at the moment. I've appreciated your help very much. If anyone out there is experiencing this, hopefully they can shed a little more light on what is happening.
Again, thanks for your help.
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bcanuel last edited by
I can also confirm that this behaviour...looping updates...also appears on a mid-2010 MBP running OS X 10.10.5 . I'm not familiar with the setup of this MBP but the only thing shared between all these machines is the wifi network...on a Time Capsule, purchased in September 2016, running on a 5GHz network. I'm wondering if there's a setting there that might be involved with this condition.
