Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Date: 21 May 2017 03:18:30 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net cdy511FbmYMux9PzrIfVlQBO0f/JIkUSEx/Mzcy6YPpAZnZDXA Cancel-Lock: sha1:yBr5XMOaDrSdggFQRWniZae3g6w= sha1:st3OMIUcq2mq1BSZrr87dLDpH10= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.6 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:107096 J Burns wrote: > On 5/20/17 7:13 PM, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2017-05-20, J Burns wrote: > >>>>> >>>>> It has always been disabled. >>>> >>>> Then you must have accidentally initiated the install. >>> >>> It strange that it should happen every time I open App Store to see what >>> update the notification is about. >> >> If true, that would be strange. What does this single-line terminal >> command show on your system?: >> >> sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticDownload >> >> On my systems that have the System Preferences > App Store > Download >> newly available updates in the background setting disabled, it shows >> this output: >> >> # sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate AutomaticDownload >> Password: >> 0 >> > Instead of Password: 0, mine shows Password: and a key icon. You were supposed to enter the password to your admin account. Then it would output the number which reflects the setting value. Anyhow now that you've toggled the setting it's less valuable to know. I was just wondering if the value would reflect what you saw in System Preferences. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR