Can't join you in the Apple-specific rant, but I totally agree if you include Micro$oft. Windows is actually worse than what you described, since you can't turn off updates, and they happen in the middle of the night, ending with a reboot, when you've been working on a document and gone to bed without saving the latest changes. All those changes are lost. Unless, of course, you were using the Microsoft version of software to edit that document, which I never do because it's too expensive to "rent" and changes are in every update. There are free versions (donations requested) that are better because they don't change things. At all. Even in the new versions. But you have to remember to save!
That sounds terrible! I looked up disabling Microsoft updates and it looks as though you can do it but they make it sound like you will be super vulnerable to security issues if you do it. I can understand why folks would be not comfortable with taking the risk 🙁
Yes, they do pretty well keeping up with the hackers, but since M$ isn't as safe as Apple to begin with, they pretty much have to. In another life, I ran a network with no M$ servers. When they decided to switch to M$, that's when I retired. Not something I wanted to be responsible for!
Can't join you in the Apple-specific rant, but I totally agree if you include Micro$oft. Windows is actually worse than what you described, since you can't turn off updates, and they happen in the middle of the night, ending with a reboot, when you've been working on a document and gone to bed without saving the latest changes. All those changes are lost. Unless, of course, you were using the Microsoft version of software to edit that document, which I never do because it's too expensive to "rent" and changes are in every update. There are free versions (donations requested) that are better because they don't change things. At all. Even in the new versions. But you have to remember to save!
Love your firebush!
That sounds terrible! I looked up disabling Microsoft updates and it looks as though you can do it but they make it sound like you will be super vulnerable to security issues if you do it. I can understand why folks would be not comfortable with taking the risk 🙁
Yes, they do pretty well keeping up with the hackers, but since M$ isn't as safe as Apple to begin with, they pretty much have to. In another life, I ran a network with no M$ servers. When they decided to switch to M$, that's when I retired. Not something I wanted to be responsible for!