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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by dpkonofa on Thursday July 11, 2019 @04:17PM (#20415372)
>the users themselves having no knowledge or any say about it.

This is not true. You can disable all the automatic updates in System Preferences.

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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by Crinus on Friday July 12, 2019 @07:53AM (#20419995)
This is a nuclear option and the issue isn't getting updates, the issue is being silent and not offering any control over that. See my other replies about Windows Defender about what i meant with that.
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Re:Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoo... by dpkonofa on Friday July 12, 2019 @01:23PM (#20422429)
What do you mean? They're silent because they're malware updates. You can turn those off.
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