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Re:Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide... by iLoveOncall on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:37AM (#31569329)
> Windows interrupts you regularly for stuff that's not important to whatever you're doing.

It has literally never happened to me. However it happens weekly on Mac, where I will lose the focus of my window and be prompted for an update.

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Re:Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide... by cassianoleal on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:14AM (#31569740)
macOS updates are notified using the native notification subsystem. It's inobtrusive and definitely does not take the focus away from app windows.
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Re:Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide... by dmitriid on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:14AM (#31569732)
> where I will lose the focus of my window and be prompted for an update.

That you can disable in System Preferences. On Windows Home, for example, updates cannot be disabled, and the OS will install them even if this means ruining everything you're doing.

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Re:Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide... by arprocter on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:31AM (#31569926)
I discovered recently you can set notifications on macOS to 'do not disturb'

System Preferences -> Notifications -> Do Not Disturb

I set Turn On Do Not Disturb 'from 12:01AM to 11:59PM'

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