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Well, the last time I used OSX for daily use, it was constantly pestering me to upgrade to various point releases. Those were usually massive downloads that re

by dos1 14y ago

Well, the last time I used OSX for daily use, it was constantly pestering me to upgrade to various point releases. Those were usually massive downloads that required a reboot. Maybe things have changed? Along that same vein, it seemed like every time I'd boot in to OSX - iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto et all would need 100+ MB updates to stay current. I guess my experience on the upgrade treadmill (even staying on a major version of OSX) was very unpleasant.

jonknee 14y ago
Apple is pretty bad at pushing binary updates, the file sizes for updates are as you mention, gigantic. But the update process is smooth, reboots are not required unless it's the system (iPhoto 9.4 came out today and there was no reboot, ditto for the latest Xcode from earlier in the week). Most of the point upgrades for the system are security fixes. Every OS has a lot of them. Java has gotten a few security related updates this year too.
ryannielsen 14y ago
Out of curiosity, what OS did you switch to that doesn't require regular, and often large, updates? I can't think of an OS I've ever used – various Linux distros, Windows, OS X, various BSDs, Solaris, and a smattering of random other unix variants – that didn't require some form of regular update that often required (or at least strongly suggested) a reboot. (Or the near equivalent of punting active users and relaunching a bunch of userland processes.) Oh man, I remember my Gentoo days, where upgrading a single package would sometimes require new base libraries which in turn required a large chunk of the system to be rebuilt… definitely don't miss that process.
batista 14y ago
>Well, the last time I used OSX for daily use, it was constantly pestering me to upgrade to various point releases. Those were usually massive downloads that required a reboot. Maybe things have changed? Constantly as in once every 3-4 months? Because that's the usual rate of point updates. The alternative is what? Not having the latest stability and security fixes?

by dos1 14y ago

jonknee 14y ago

Apple is pretty bad at pushing binary updates, the file sizes for updates are as you mention, gigantic. But the update process is smooth, reboots are not required unless it's the system (iPhoto 9.4 came out today and there was no reboot, ditto for the latest Xcode from earlier in the week). Most of the point upgrades for the system are security fixes. Every OS has a lot of them. Java has gotten a few security related updates this year too.

ryannielsen 14y ago

Out of curiosity, what OS did you switch to that doesn't require regular, and often large, updates? I can't think of an OS I've ever used – various Linux distros, Windows, OS X, various BSDs, Solaris, and a smattering of random other unix variants – that didn't require some form of regular update that often required (or at least strongly suggested) a reboot. (Or the near equivalent of punting active users and relaunching a bunch of userland processes.) Oh man, I remember my Gentoo days, where upgrading a single package would sometimes require new base libraries which in turn required a large chunk of the system to be rebuilt… definitely don't miss that process.

batista 14y ago

>Well, the last time I used OSX for daily use, it was constantly pestering me to upgrade to various point releases. Those were usually massive downloads that required a reboot. Maybe things have changed? Constantly as in once every 3-4 months? Because that's the usual rate of point updates. The alternative is what? Not having the latest stability and security fixes?