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Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update
Date 2016-10-04 00:09 +0000
Organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID <e5ga96FanfpU7@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <1mujrxt.1uyxn9whzoe8gN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <2padnQK1cvqxd2_KnZ2dnUU7-U-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <2016100317063139725-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>

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On 2016-10-04, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote:
> On 2016-10-03 23:30:52 +0000, Alan Browne 
><alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> said:
>
>> On 2016-10-03 18:01, Neill Massello wrote:
>>> <http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/03/macos-sierra-automatic-downloads/>
>>> 
>>> (But it's still not appearing in my App Store update pane.)
>> 
>> I really wish Apple would stop automatic major OS DL's.  Let the user 
>> decide when he wants to blow 4 or 5 GB of his bandwidth - for many of 
>> us, there's a monthly cap and sometimes we defer into the next period. 
>> Or DL at work and bring it home on a USB key.
>
> Strange, I have never had automatic major OS DL's enabled on any of the 
> Macs I have owned over the years, regardless of my circumstances of not 
> having a bandwidth cap.

Same here.

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Apple pushes Sierra via software update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-10-03 16:01 -0600
  Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-03 18:38 -0400
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-10-03 23:27 -0600
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 10:29 -0400
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-10-05 10:49 +1300
  Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-03 23:02 +0000
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-03 23:53 +0000
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-04 00:12 +0000
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 00:18 +0000
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-03 23:10 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-10-03 20:22 -0700
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 05:26 +0000
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-04 06:23 +0000
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 20:13 -0500
  Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-03 19:30 -0400
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-03 19:35 -0400
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-03 19:38 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-03 19:42 -0400
          Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-03 20:05 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-03 23:56 +0000
          Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-03 20:07 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-04 00:13 +0000
          Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-03 21:14 -0400
            Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-03 21:59 -0400
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-03 23:54 +0000
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-10-03 17:06 -0700
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 00:09 +0000
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2016-10-03 21:01 -0400
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-03 21:17 -0400
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-04 06:24 +0000
    Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-10-03 23:16 -0600
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-04 09:53 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-04 18:27 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update "Howard Lester" <howardxtlester@verizon.net> - 2016-10-05 19:00 -0400
          Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-05 17:11 -0700
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-04 14:24 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 18:32 +0000
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-04 23:21 +0000
          Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-04 19:35 -0400
            Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 19:43 -0400
            Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-05 04:03 +0000
      Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-04 18:22 -0400
        Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 18:43 -0400
          Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-06 16:30 -0400
            Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-06 16:37 -0400
              Re: Apple pushes Sierra via software update Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-06 16:47 -0400

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