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Disturbs me somewhat that Apple has a way to silently push changes to laptops without user interaction.
by Twirrim 7y ago
Disturbs me somewhat that Apple has a way to silently push changes to laptops without user interaction.
- tjohns 7y agoThis has been in place since 10.6 Snow Leopard. It's part of their built-in anti-malware system (MRT + XProtect + Gatekeeper). It's no different than a virus scanner auto-updating its signatures.
- shakna 7y agoExcept that if you auto-update disabled, you'd be somewhat surprised if the virus scanner could update it's signatures.
- filoleg 7y agoAs one of the posters already mentioned, it can be easily disabled through the OSX GUI by changing the setting in Preferences -> Software Update -> Advanced -> Install system data files and security updates
- filchermcurr 7y agoYou can disable it in Preferences -> Software Update -> Advanced -> Install system data files and security updates From there you can manage the updates manually from the command line with the `softwareupdate` command. e.g. `softwareupdate --list --include-config-data` will show available updates, `softwareupdate -ia --include-config-data` will install them, etc.
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- chipperyman573 7y agoWindows update does the same, no?
- jrockway 7y agoWindows Update leaves behind a lot of logs with KB entries, so I don't think they're trying to do anything secretly. If Microsoft changes your software, you know about it.
- outworlder 7y agoNor is Apple. See other comments on this thread.
- anaisbetts 7y agoWhen I was at Microsoft, Windows' policy was only to kill applications like this with the explicit consent of the manufacturer (i.e. they were usually asking us to do it because they are unable to patch themselves, not the other way around), and only with a very specific version range.
- tonymet 7y agoThink of it as a malware scanner, like Windows Defender