DaveWT
Well-Known Member
OK so the update to Big Sur came out yesterday (Thursday Nov. 12). Today (Friday Nov. 13) I did the update. While this was going on I pondered these settings and not sure I really understand what their affect is...
Notice that I had selected "Download new updates when available" (which clearly they were available for a full day) but I had not selected "Install macOS updates". I had assumed that meant then when an update became available (like the Big Sur update) it would automatically download that update and just keep it ready on my system until I chose to actually start the update. But actually, today when I started the update process it had to download the whole update.
So what do those settings really mean?
Since the first screen shot was taken I have also checked off the "Install system data files and security updates" box, thinking that is something that sounds like it should be done automatically. What is the "good advice" on these settings?
Of course, before doing the Big Sur update I did a complete Carbon Copy Cloner clone backup and checked the Time Machine had also done a recent backup.
All appears fine so far...
Notice that I had selected "Download new updates when available" (which clearly they were available for a full day) but I had not selected "Install macOS updates". I had assumed that meant then when an update became available (like the Big Sur update) it would automatically download that update and just keep it ready on my system until I chose to actually start the update. But actually, today when I started the update process it had to download the whole update.
So what do those settings really mean?
Since the first screen shot was taken I have also checked off the "Install system data files and security updates" box, thinking that is something that sounds like it should be done automatically. What is the "good advice" on these settings?
Of course, before doing the Big Sur update I did a complete Carbon Copy Cloner clone backup and checked the Time Machine had also done a recent backup.
All appears fine so far...