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Often because the OS won't stop alerting you all the time that you have an update.
by rubicon33 6y ago
Often because the OS won't stop alerting you all the time that you have an update.
- tinus_hn 6y agoMac OS is not Windows, it doesn’t install automatically and the prompts are much more reasonable.
- biktor_gj 6y agoThat is not true since Mojave. It will always tell you you have a pending update, it will dump a notification to update to Big Sur (already happened to me this morning), and it'll do it's best to confuse you to update. Case in point: if you have catalina and you go to system preferences, system updates, you will have the big sur update in big, then some text on the bottom of the window saying something like "there are some other updates..." and then you'll see the security updates for your current OS
- tinus_hn 6y agoCompared to Windows where the upgrade happens automatically.
- cute_boi 6y agowindows also doesn't upgrade windows 8 to windows 10 like this . windows 10 to windows 10 isn't that breaking change so its fair and osx is not better than this since mojave.
- tinus_hn 6y agoExcept it does, which is why people made tools like this: https://appuals.com/stop-windows-7-from-upgrading-to-windows-10/ https://appuals.com/stop-windows-7-from-upgrading-to-windows...
- calciphus 6y agoSaying "windows is worse" doesn't really mean Apple is fine here. This isn't a post about how a forced Windows update is bricking Microsoft-built hardware with no guaranteed rollback or recovery path. This is a post about how a major software update from a vendor is breaking their own hardware, and from a company that prides itself on not needing to be a computer expert to use their products.
- tinus_hn 6y ago> Saying "windows is worse" doesn't really mean Apple is fine here. That’s why I didn’t say that.
- neogodless 6y agoI guess because I've always used Professional, I have never been surprised or forced by an update.
- Rebelgecko 6y agoI have a prompt to update on my Catalina machine that can't be permanently dismissed, only slept until the next morning
- happymellon 6y agoYes it does. I get notifications that there is an update for MacOS and it will be applied tonight unless I hit the notification and tell it not to or apply immediately. I have come to my MacBook Pro and found it on the Enter Password boot screen after it decided to reboot overnight, and then helpfully tells me about the security update it did.
- tinus_hn 6y agoYou can turn automatic updates on or off. If they are turned on, they are automatic.
- happymellon 6y agoThe point is the gpp > Mac OS is not Windows, it doesn’t install automatically and the prompts are much more reasonable. It does by default.
- tinus_hn 6y agoA significant difference is that on one OS you can change the setting from the default, while on the other you can’t.