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Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ?

From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ?
Date 2016-10-04 15:34 +0000
Message-ID <e5i0fqFn3ovU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> ...you have to have automatic updates enabled and the storage space
>> to take it, and you have to explicitly agree to the installation...
>> 
>> by enabling automatic update, the user has consented to getting updates.
> 
> But Sierra is an upgrade, not an update. Apple itself distinguishes 
> between the two: https://support.apple.com/HT201564

So? Where does it say that the automatic software update facility will
never be used for major releases?

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Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2016-10-03 18:59 -0400
  Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-03 19:07 -0400
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-04 13:11 +0000
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-04 10:29 -0400
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 15:34 +0000
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-05 04:34 +0000
  Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-04 00:19 +0000
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-10-03 17:27 -0700
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-04 00:48 +0000
  Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2016-10-03 21:14 -0400
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-04 18:32 -0400
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-04 23:19 +0000
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-05 04:39 +0000
          Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-05 11:12 -0400
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2016-10-08 16:35 +0000
          Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-05 20:32 +0000
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2016-10-06 09:28 -0400
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-06 09:35 -0400
          Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-06 15:09 +0100
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-06 10:36 -0500
          Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2016-10-06 15:48 -0400
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-06 15:52 -0400
              Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Travis Bickle <3S96@taxi.net> - 2016-10-06 16:13 -0400
                Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-06 16:39 -0400
                Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-10-19 21:54 -0700
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 18:33 -0400
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-06 22:43 +0000
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2016-10-19 21:54 -0700
              Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-10-20 13:04 -0700
                Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 20:09 +0000
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Wolffan <AKWolffan@gmail.com> - 2016-10-23 10:33 -0400
              Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-11-01 09:41 -0700
                Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-11-01 17:51 +0000
                Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-11-02 02:54 +0000
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-06 16:43 -0400
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2016-10-06 18:32 -0400
  Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-10-18 10:33 -0700
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-18 12:44 -0500
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-10-20 13:06 -0700
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-20 20:08 +0000
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-21 09:00 +0000
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Howard S Shubs <howard@shubs.net> - 2016-10-19 08:31 +0000
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-10-19 08:27 -0700
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? ElfinArc <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 17:54 -0500
        Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-19 19:24 -0400
          Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2016-10-20 12:47 -0700
            Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-20 16:08 -0400
      Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? ElfinArc <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 17:54 -0500
    Re: Apple wants to force Sierra onto ElCapitan owner ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-19 13:52 +0000

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