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Apple To Make macOS Sierra Available As Automatic Download Beginning Today (loopinsight.com)
Remember how Microsoft was pushing Windows 10 updates to your computers? That surely made a lot of people furious. Today, Apple told The Loop that it will also begin automatic download of its latest desktop operating system update, macOS Sierra on Macs that are compatible with the new software -- provided, automatic downloads are switched on and the Mac has enough storage space. From the report: t's important to note that this is not an automatic installer -- this process will only download the update in the background, and then alert you that it is available to install. You can choose to install it when its convenient. You can also choose to ignore the update. [...] Of course, you can manually delete the download if you don't wish to upgrade, and you can choose to manually download the update from the App Store at any time.
"Normal" updates I would normally accept to have, because they're typically small (
Then why would you have turned on automatic updates again?
Remember that is a setting that YOU YOURSELF WITH YOUR OWN HANDS have to enable. If I cared specifically about bandwidth I would not have that enabled... even if the general expectation was somewhat low numbers you never know as over time apps may update often which would mean a lot of downloads.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
"Apple downgrades users' disks by 10GB"
TFTFY
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
By how simple you are you must be a windoze user.
What part of "4) Install system data files and security updates;" versus "3) Install OS X updates;" was not clear? Either or BOTH of these may be selected.
Jesus christ, READ before you form an opinion that you've just got to share with the world! You can opt to install ONLY security updates, or you can install ALL updates.