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The “sealed system volume” thing is interesting, I assume the point of it being a snapshot is to be able to change out the OS atomically while it is running.
by TazeTSchnitzel 6y ago
The “sealed system volume” thing is interesting, I assume the point of it being a snapshot is to be able to change out the OS atomically while it is running.
- easton 6y agoThat seems to be exactly what they are planning... "Faster updates: Once macOS Big Sur is installed, software updates begin in the background and finish faster than before — so it’s easier than ever to keep your Mac up to date and secure." https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/ https://www.apple.com/macos/big-sur-preview/
- dmix 6y agoSomething that’s been done on Android for a while and was possible on Linux if you knew what you were doing.
- birdyrooster 6y agoAnd with Windows you only need to restart like twice for an update.
- curt15 6y agoFedora Silverblue does that now.
- cpach 6y agoCool!
- 95014_refugee 6y agoNot while running, but on reboot. It also makes it possible to produce the new OS image by just applying deltas to the currently-running OS, since the snapshot of the "current" OS is immutable - meaning smaller downloads for your OS updates.