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On the day Big Sur came out we got an email from IT saying that under no circumstances should any employee install it. I'm glad out IT knew about this release's
by BitwiseFool 6y ago
On the day Big Sur came out we got an email from IT saying that under no circumstances should any employee install it. I'm glad out IT knew about this release's problems so early.
- capableweb 6y agoMost likely they just applied common sense which goes for any release of any major software, don't upgrade on day 1, especially in a professional environment where you need the equipment to work most of the time.
- classified 6y agoI don't think they were that prescient. They probably just followed what should be standard common sense by now: Never, ever, install a new OS on a machine that you can't afford to lose that very same day. Always wait for reports from early adopters or victims of bushy-tailed curiosity.
- divtiwari 6y ago'Bushy-tailed' well that's a new word that TIL, on a lighter note. :)
- prewett 6y ago"Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" is the usual phrase, creatively altered by the parent. (See https://wordhistories.net/2018/07/01/brighteyed-bushytailed-origin/ https://wordhistories.net/2018/07/01/brighteyed-bushytailed-... for an in-depth etymology)
- bob33212 6y agoEven if the upgrade was smooth they could end up with a ton of support calls asking how to change it back or how to turn off Bluetooth.
- racl101 6y agoYour diction is outstanding.
- dagmx 6y agoThat's just standard IT policy at most companies. Favour tested stability over being on the newest stack.
- heipei 6y agoEspecially when that "stack" is just your operating system. Like, what feature does a new OS like Big Sur include that was previously denied to you on a previous version of OS X? I don't get the eagerness to upgrade, especially after Catalina had proven to be somewhat bug-ridden as well.
- vmception 6y agoApple often ties their whole pipeline to OS updates for developers. In the past it's been that developing on the latest iPhone needed the latest version of Xcode and the latest version of Xcode needed the latest version of the OS.
- MilaM 6y agoI don't understand why Apple makes it so difficult to ignore major OS upgrades at least for some time. Most users would be better off waiting at least a couple for a point release of Big Sur. Being responsible for a couple of Macs in my family this makes me quite angry actually.
- dawnerd 6y agoWhat’s so hard to ignore? Apart from the little red dot if you have settings in your dock and maybe one notice it’s not like it’s nagging you like windows does.
- MilaM 6y agoI can ignore it no problem. But less proficient users, like my mother, will not know or remeber this advice. What's also (in)convenient is that unrelated security updates, like the one for Safari that was released the same day as Big Sur, are well hidden UI wise. You have to click a small link below the Big Sur upgrade notification to get to those important security updates.
- aeyes 6y agoIf you have auto updates enabled it nags you every day with a popup notification window asking to update, exactly the same way Windows does it (at least on my machines).
- racl101 6y agoI think it's just common sense to wait for the bugs to get ironed out of new software when you are working with mission critical software and hardware. As a developer I don't think I'll switch to Big Sur until I they stop supporting Mojave (i.e. the version behind Catalina, which is the version behind Big Sur). If it ain't broke don't fix it.
- nix23 6y agoWhy is your IT department allowing personal system-updates and need to write emails about it?
- Tagbert 6y agoWe also got an email from IT telling us not to update to Big Sur, but not because of any specific problem. Our IT department blocks all major OS updates for a few months while they do post-launch testing. Big Sur has fewer foundational changes than Catalina did. Most the changes are just UI changes (though I think there were some changes that affect Audio processing apps).
- ashtonkem 6y agoIn my experience, this is the standard rule and not a response to any specific issue. I've been told not to upgrade work machines to new OS releases for damn close to a decade now.
- BitwiseFool 6y agoInterestingly enough, our IT doesn't send out alerts for Windows 10 feature updates. I suspect that because so many executives use Macs that this is the reason why the alert went out.
- ashtonkem 6y agoI believe there are more tools to manage updates across a fleet of Windows machines, so one can flip a switch and prevent all the windows laptops in the company from running major updates until you’re ready.
- hu3 6y agoYes it's called Group Policy. Companies can manage when every Windows machine gets updated and what gets updated on a granular level.
- justapassenger 6y agoApple has a pretty loose approach to backwards compatibility on macOS, compared to Microsoft with Windows. But even with Windows, bugs always happen and goal of IT is to keep your system and tools up, not chase after latest hotness. If IT allows immediate upgrade to a new OS, they’re playing with fire and waiting for an upgrade that bricks significant % of devices and brings company operations to the halt. Heads will roll as a result, especially if that’s in a remote work setup.
- cyberpunk 6y agomeh, I upgraded my work mbp on release day and everything works completely perfectly, I suspect you'd probably be fine... :}