I am wondering if this is accepted behavior.
I was ignoring notifications and clicking close on a whole bunch when one new notification jumped out pushing the App Store one down which prompted me to hit restart (it had both pending OS and app updates). The restart button for the App Store notification is exactly where the Close button is for the other notifications.
I went to the App Store to try to cancel the updates—in my case for OneDrive—and it was already installing and wouldn't let me stop it.
I had not used OneDrive in many years and had unlinked my local folder from it.
Yet, somehow it started running (didn't show in the menu bar or dock). Many of the folders in my local OneDrive folder changed to the date of the update, and many are now empty.
I'm trying to work with Microsoft and have gotten nowhere so far (bad support). The issue is that these files had not been synced as I had run out of cloud storage, which is why I unlinked OneDrive a long time ago and didn't even know I still had the app installed.
From looking at log files, I can see there were a lot of sync errors and a bunch of other problems going on during the install (stuff I don't understand). I hadn't even signed into OneDrive in years, but I guess the app still had the log in.
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And I know I have to deal with Microsoft to resolve that (if I possibly can--seems unlikely).
But my question on the Apple side is, are apps supposed to be able to start running processes on their own if you update them?
It was such a frustrating experience. I was trying to cancel the update and couldn't and I saw the files disappearing (and they aren't on the web where they should be if they were syncing), just as I watched the install with no way to stop it. I finally had the presence of mind to disconnect WiFi.
It seems like malware to me. No password required, no double checking if I wanted to update. It was just a mistaken click as another notification popped up at exactly the wrong time that caused me to hit Restart on the MAS notification, which happens to be exactly where the Close button is for the rest of the notifications.
That design issue aside, should updating an app give it permission to start running if you don't purposefully open it? I'm genuinely curious if the Mac App Store has rules on this.
I was ignoring notifications and clicking close on a whole bunch when one new notification jumped out pushing the App Store one down which prompted me to hit restart (it had both pending OS and app updates). The restart button for the App Store notification is exactly where the Close button is for the other notifications.
I went to the App Store to try to cancel the updates—in my case for OneDrive—and it was already installing and wouldn't let me stop it.
I had not used OneDrive in many years and had unlinked my local folder from it.
Yet, somehow it started running (didn't show in the menu bar or dock). Many of the folders in my local OneDrive folder changed to the date of the update, and many are now empty.
I'm trying to work with Microsoft and have gotten nowhere so far (bad support). The issue is that these files had not been synced as I had run out of cloud storage, which is why I unlinked OneDrive a long time ago and didn't even know I still had the app installed.
From looking at log files, I can see there were a lot of sync errors and a bunch of other problems going on during the install (stuff I don't understand). I hadn't even signed into OneDrive in years, but I guess the app still had the log in.
.
And I know I have to deal with Microsoft to resolve that (if I possibly can--seems unlikely).
But my question on the Apple side is, are apps supposed to be able to start running processes on their own if you update them?
It was such a frustrating experience. I was trying to cancel the update and couldn't and I saw the files disappearing (and they aren't on the web where they should be if they were syncing), just as I watched the install with no way to stop it. I finally had the presence of mind to disconnect WiFi.
It seems like malware to me. No password required, no double checking if I wanted to update. It was just a mistaken click as another notification popped up at exactly the wrong time that caused me to hit Restart on the MAS notification, which happens to be exactly where the Close button is for the rest of the notifications.
That design issue aside, should updating an app give it permission to start running if you don't purposefully open it? I'm genuinely curious if the Mac App Store has rules on this.
