

There is also an EdgeUpdater.app that comes bundled with the main app and is installed in the user's ~/Library/Microsoft/EdgeUpdater/ folder (hence no password required), so I wouldn't think the AutoUpdate app is mandatory to install in order to perform updates. You may already have this if you got Office installed.

The pkg installer also installs Microsoft AutoUpdate.app in /Library/Application Support/Microsoft folder, which you may or may not want. With major updates every 4 weeks, each release incorporates learnings and improvements from our Dev and Canary builds. Both preinstall & postinstall scripts send telemetry data. The Beta channel is the most stable Microsoft Edge preview experience. I noticed that postinstall script does some cleanup if you ever had an older version installed, so this might be good. Using this app you can even review the preinstall and postinstall scripts and decide if you want them to run. I have used it this way for a few days with no problems whatsoever. Use some app like Suspicious Package which allows you to extract the Microsoft Edge.app from the pkg file and then drag it to /Applications. MS Edge still requires administrative privileges to install on MacOS. Edge downloads path folder i changed the path destinations for my downloads in edge on one folder but it still puts my downloads on the default location.
