Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 'to prevent confusion'

Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by silveroriole on Friday June 26, 2020 @03:59PM (#23656279)

Hmm, I have both but I honestly find the Mac more annoying. For people who shut down their computer at night, the Windows updates work quite well - they download quietly in the background and apply quickly when you shut down and start up. I haven’t had a Windows machine restart at an irritating time for years. Every Mac update I’ve done, on the other hand, has taken 30-60 minutes of staring at a screen with a progress bar while the fans spin up to maximum. And weeks of nagging EVERY DAY before I finally give in and update.

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Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by guitarbill on Friday June 26, 2020 @04:36PM (#23656727)

sounds like apples to oranges. you shut down your windows computer at night, but not your mac - i don't get it?

mac updates do take a while, but unless i'm misremembering, they're less frequent. and some windows updates take absolutely ages, too. the difference for me is that windows update keeps breaking stuff, like bluetooth drivers -.-

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Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by silveroriole on Friday June 26, 2020 @06:37PM (#23657843)

Macs seem to discourage shutting down, compared to windows. I’ve always been a windows user and I literally couldn’t figure out HOW to shut down the Mac without asking someone. No power button, nothing came up in the search tool thingie for ‘shut down’, I didn’t realise the Apple logo was clickable... maybe I’m just a bit thick :) Anyway, my point is, the UI discourages you from regularly giving the computer a good time to install updates.

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Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by prepend on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:06PM (#23658946)

You not knowing that the Mac equivalent of the start button has a shutdown option is the “UI discouraging?”

How does the Windows UI encourage shutdowns?

I only shut down my windows and mac machines. Windows is at least weekly, mac is about 2-3 times per month.

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Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by silveroriole on Saturday June 27, 2020 @04:04AM (#23660267)

Because the windows shutdown option is in the start menu, which you see constantly. The Mac shut down option is in a menu which I almost never click. To me, that indicates the designers have different ideas about how often users want to shutdown/restart. Apparently lots of people disagree though since I got downvoted a lot (which I don’t think is what downvote is for, but whatever...)

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Re:Microsoft removes manual deferrals from Windows Update 't... by edoo on Friday June 26, 2020 @04:40PM (#23656766)

That feature screws me all the time. I'll load windows to play a game and try to reboot back into linux, and the update kicks off. I always have to force shutdown and just let it update the next time I start it to play a game.

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