It should be off default. If not it’s the wrong angle to take Mr. Holier than thou
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macOS Sierra Available as an Automatic Download Starting Today
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Just one more reason to keep automatic updates off. Seriously, unless you only use your computer for Facebook and email I can't understand how anyone would be ok with automatic major updates to the operating system.
It downloads the installer. It can't do anything without your permission.
Apparently Apple sees iOS users differently than their "real computer" users. We can only wonder why the mothership won't let us turn off incessant iOS hectoring.
It's frustrating when you are on ADSL, as in many parts of Australia still are, and suddenly a huge download kicks off when your line is like 4MB, it kills your network.
Now I have had to disable auto update . Same crap Microsoft pulled.
Tell it to Apple, the default is on, apparently.
All the machines I checked had "Install OSX Updates" checked on under automatic updates. I don't know if that means auto installation or not, but, given Apple's track record, you'd be insane to automatically install a major system update in a work environment.
This is probably so they can pad those "Adoption Numbers" they're always so proud of.
Just after Apple hits an all time low by removing Mac App Store Ratings for Sierra, they sink even deeper...
Next up: Updates that cannot be declined like in Windows 10, forced telemetry, and two dozen privacy settings hidden in some configuration files. 
Please Apple, do not emulate Microsoft!
Please Apple, do not emulate Microsoft!
I have same thought.
But why bother, then? It's not "green" of Apple to blow all this traffic, then follow up with more traffic for the update. Can anyone think of a reason, why Apple would not wait for 10.12.1 final before marking macOS Sierra as a background update?
I've set up at least 5 new Macs within the past year or so (some at work and a couple at home). None of them have had automatic updates turned on by default. I turned it on for one of my home computers but some the others I use still have it off because I never turned it on.
Edit: I just checked and saw that I turned automatic updates on one of my work iMacs but never turned it on for the other one (and I've never turned it off, which means the default was off).
Gee, thanks. Just in time for the new caps that have been imposed on my Comcast service!
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God I hope not. My assumption is that 10.12.1 will be released with the new MBPs. If that's released then I've lost all hope :-(.
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God I hope not. My assumption is that 10.12.1 will be released with the new MBPs. If that's released then I've lost all hope :-(.
No one touched these, the people using them don't even know where (or what) preferences are.
I didn't like this mainly because i didn't know about this till i read this article..and the fact that not everybody is going to update right away.
This is now even close to how Microsoft did it with Windows 10, changing tact every month almost to try and force it down peoples throats like foie gras. Microsoft at one point got so underhand they changed the behaviour of the red X to close button to 'i accept please install Windows 10', when Windows users expect this to be a cancel, no, go away response. I don't see Apple doing something so disgusting yet.
Trust me, I'm hoping for the same. My assumption is just that they'll release 10.12.1 before the Mac refresh so that people on older Macs won't have to use an unstable build.
I didn't notice either until I was on a network connection with a monthly limit and 3 Macs connected to that network. OS X updates are usually several GB, enough to use the monthly traffic on one day with multiple machines trying to update.
Apple could at least share the same updates (any app store update!) on a local network between machines (just as Dropbox syncs files locally between computers).
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Because many people depend on the Mac for work and with every OS X upgrade there are at least in the first weeks and months not only bugs but also plenty of incompatible applications. Completely different situation with iToys but also there I've seen many apps that needed a quick update now to be compatible again.
Most recent news item is one of the many good reasons why Apple should not push users into upgrading yet.
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Sure, and it was overblown there as well. One difference, though: going from Windows 7 to Windows 10 through an automatic update is far more stark a change than going from 10.11 (I don't know how far back this update works, but it can't be much more than that).
I'm happy about this! I've simply lacked motivation to perform this update. Why? Well, I updated my old iPhone 6s Plus at 13:02 on the iOS10 release date. In doing so, my device wouldn't fully complete the process due to it needed iTunes to complete.
After all was said and done, I had to restore to 9.3.*, and perform the update again. Couldn't do any of that till I got home. So, I have no phone for about 5 hours or so. At least it was quiet - LOL
Let's hope this update goes smoothly on my iMac 27"...
After all was said and done, I had to restore to 9.3.*, and perform the update again. Couldn't do any of that till I got home. So, I have no phone for about 5 hours or so. At least it was quiet - LOL
Let's hope this update goes smoothly on my iMac 27"...