Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found
Date	2017-05-20 17:48 +0000
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J Burns <burns@nospam.com> wrote:
> On 5/20/17 12:17 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> 
>> The only way downloads will happen without your explicit consent is when
>> you have "Download newly available updates in the background" enabled in
>> System Preferences > App Store. If that behavior is undesirable to you,
>> you should disable that option.
> 
> It has always been disabled.

Then you must have accidentally initiated the install.

>>> When it finishes, it will start the installation.
>> 
>> Not without your consent, no. The first thing that is displayed is a big
>> window with a Continue button at the bottom:
>> 
>> <https://i.imgur.com/lcTTQLR.png>
>> 
>> You have to actually click that button to begin installation. You can,
>> instead, refrain from clicking that button and quit the installer if you
>> wish. Apparently you chose to click the Continue button.
> 
> In all my updates and new system installations, I think I've seen that 
> option only once. 

Then you simply missed it. It's the way all recent system installs (and
major upgrades) work.

>>> At some point it will offer me the option not to restart.
>> 
>> Not sure what you are talking about here. Maybe you are referring to the
>> initial screen with the Continue button.
>> 
> I believe anything from the app store continues from download to 
> installation without asking. If at some point a restart is needed, then 
> you get the option of waiting to restart.

Not major system upgrades like Sierra, no. 

You're thinking of software *updates* which are distinctly different than
*upgrades* to major new versions of the operating system.

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JR

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4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-19 21:10 -0400
  Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-05-19 21:24 -0400
  Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 02:45 +0000
    Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 00:27 -0400
      Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 16:17 +0000
        Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 13:26 -0400
          Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 17:48 +0000
            Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 17:44 -0400
              Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-20 23:13 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-05-20 20:01 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-21 01:46 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-05-20 23:14 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-21 04:55 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-20 22:11 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-21 03:18 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-21 13:55 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-22 19:58 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-05-23 14:11 +1200
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-22 22:29 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-26 07:58 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-26 15:51 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-05-26 12:52 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-05-26 17:34 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-27 15:39 +0000
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2017-05-29 00:00 -0400
                Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-29 19:03 +0000
      Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-22 06:40 +0000
  Re: 4.8GB iNode file in Lost+Found Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-05-22 06:33 +0000

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