Standard users aren’t allowed to chang other users’ settings, but they’ve long been able to update macOS, and for the last 3 years to install full upgrades. Should this change?
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Before macOS 12.3, upgrades and updates were different, and only admin users could authenticate the installation of an upgrade to macOS. Now even standard users can, as explained here.
Want to stay running Sequoia or earlier? Want to install security updates such as XProtect data as well? Here’s how to do that without risking being upgraded unintentionally.
Why upgrading to Tahoe shouldn’t consume the last free space on your Mac’s SSD, and once it has settled should use little more than currently. How to clear out old snapshots and reduce System Data.
When can you expect to see the next updates to macOS Tahoe, and security updates for Sequoia and Sonoma? Here’s a tentative calendar, and how to spot them in advance.
If you have a Mac Studio M3 Ultra and want to upgrade it to run macOS 26.0 Tahoe, […]
Apple has just released macOS 26.0 Tahoe (build 25A354), together with security updates to Sequoia taking it to […]
Are you intending to upgrade to Tahoe on Monday? Or to Sequoia or Sonoma? Are you ready to cope with what could go wrong? Here are some tips to help you prepare.
Users should be given a third option to defer updating further, as well as doing it now or later tonight. Does the DAS scheduling and dispatch system rely on security through obscurity too?
It’s September 2016. Apple has just released the iPhone 7, with its first big.LITTLE CPU cores, then 4 days later macOS 10.12 Sierra. How does it transition from there to release the M1 in four years?
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