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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by valine on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:05PM (#29230389)
MacOS Monterey added an option to disable automatic updates. It's been the biggest annoyance for years, now it's just a checkbox in settings.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by null_object on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:27PM (#29230707)
> MacOS Monterey added an option to disable automatic updates. It's been the biggest annoyance for years, now it's just a checkbox in settings

The ability to disable automatic updates goes back far more years than I can remember - possibly even a decade.

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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by valine on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:52PM (#29231044)
You could disable the auto install, but not the nag.
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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by moralestapia on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:06PM (#29230408)
Thank you, I didn't know that. That's actually a big incentive for me to update.
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