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Why does Apple push new macOS releases via Software Update on Day 1? It should have been on the App Store until 1-2 updates in (so enthusiasts can install it)
by diebeforei485 6y ago
Why does Apple push new macOS releases via Software Update on Day 1?
It should have been on the App Store until 1-2 updates in (so enthusiasts can install it) and pushed to Software Update after then so issues are ironed out.
- lisnake 6y agoWell, they did have a public beta stage for several months, which supposedly should have caught bugs like this one before general release
- diebeforei485 6y agoThere is a demographic that doesn't want to install betas but still wants the latest macOS/iOS as soon as it's out.
- cactus2093 6y agoIt doesn't auto install or show up as a badge notification though, so you kind of have to go looking to find it. The exception though is that once a patch update for your current OS is available, it gets hidden by the Big Sur upgrade prompt, and you have to click into the non-obvious "more info" link to find that. Which seems like a bad UI choice, if you're going to force me into the upgrade then do it, but if you're going to let it be lighter touch then don't have it block out the other updates like that.
- diebeforei485 6y agoThere was a Safari patch either the same day or the day after. Either way - the Software Updates channel should be for things known to be stable, and Day 1 of a brand new annual release basically never fits that description.
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