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Re:APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS by SkyMarshal on Monday September 28, 2020 @11:23PM (#24623908)
>If I read the article correctly, Time Machine's switching to something similar to overlay FS, but nested? I really hope they get it right: backup is where my tolerance for bugs is really low.

Turn off automatic updates and only update the OS just before the next one is released. Stay one OS version behind current one, giving time for the bugs to get worked out.

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Re:APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS by nly on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @03:04AM (#24624886)
This is a good strategy for all but a handful of proven and/or trivial programs. In the last week I've:

- Upgraded directly from Mojave 10.14.6 to 10.15.7 (went smoothly)

- Considered migrating from Visual Studio 2017 (15.9) to 2019 (16.7), but have not yet done so.

- Refused to upgrade the proprietary firmware on my wifi AP's. The manufacturer has provided no changelog and does not provide a download link for the current firmware to enable a downgrade if it goes south.

I'm a software developer.

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Re:APFS changes in Big Sur: how Time Machine backs up to APFS by csunbird on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @05:16AM (#24625520)
> Refused to upgrade the proprietary firmware on my wifi AP's. The manufacturer has provided no changelog and does not provide a download link for the current firmware to enable a downgrade if it goes south.

That is a luxury. My cable modem updated itself automatically to include a bloated asp server for modem interface and the modem crashes regularly, because it can not handle the load of the asp server on top of 4 devices connected to it.

Plus, they added a "Community Wifi" to share my already crappy connecting with strangers, overloading the modem even more.

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