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> - Updates that you don't need right now cannot be cancelled, paused or rate-limited and will just eat your entire data cap with no warning. You should be abl
by jrochkind1 4y ago
> - Updates that you don't need right now cannot be cancelled, paused or rate-limited and will just eat your entire data cap with no warning.
You should be able to turn off "check for updates" and "download new update when available", and only manually check for updates at a time and network location of your choice.
Search for "to set update options" on this page: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/keep-your-mac-up-to-date-mchlpx1065/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/keep-your-mac-up-to...
But you may mean something different than I was thinking; maybe you don't find this functionality suitable, or find it doesn't work properly?
- sdflhasjd 4y agoMy experience was that these options didn't do anything if the download had already started, everything else I tried from restarting to killing processes was fought back with a newly spawned process update. Trying to SSH into a server to fix an emergency while on a spotty 3G hotspot was made far more stressful by my computer being out of my control.
- jrochkind1 4y agoOh, I wouldn't expect them to do anything if the download had already started, sure. It would be nice to able to abort, agreed. I misunderstood what you were describing. But perhaps you (or other readers) might want to leave those settings unchecked so it never automatically downloads, and you can manually tell it to download when you want, when you're in a location you want to. I believe you can have it check for updates and notify you, but not automatically download, too, with the right settings.
- yencabulator 4y agoThat's a horrible trade-off for most users, who have decent internet almost always except that one time they don't.