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So, macOS Sequioia 15.4 arbitrarily turned on automatic installation of operating system and security updates. These are things that are enabled by default on a new install—which I think is understandable. However, I had previously deliberately disabled automatic updates, and Apple decided to override my explicit actions.
Oh, and it's April Fool's Day, so thanks for that, Apple.
I don't have automatic software updates enabled because I've had Apple's operating system updates effectively brick my machine. I do a lot of music/audio work, and there's basically no telling when Apple is going to do something that will make the drivers for your music/audio hardware unusable. In fact, Apple warns you it's going to do it: most DAWs with third-party interfaces regularly see notices about how they're using a legacy system extension that will not be supported in future versions of macOS.
@geoffduncan
Thanks for the heads up, just did the update on my new box last night and assumed it would leave my settings alone. This is moving into Windows Update territory, very disappointing.
@GuitarSith
I mean, I understand it from the perspective that Apple considers itself a consumer electronics company. Autoupdate is the correct setting for most people on most devices.
However, to folks like me, it lands like this:
"Hi. Here at Apple we have a long, proud history of changing our operating systems in ways that immediately break third-party hardware and software products you rely on professionally, and consistently choose not communicate those changes to the Apple community in a timely, accessible manner—or, indeed, to communicate them at all. You understand that, and you intentionally jumped through laughably arduous hoops to disable automatic software updates so you'd be able to fully control the software update process and timing. You feel that's important, since you also understand reverting to a previous version of an Apple operating system in the event of a problem is difficult-to-impossible.
"We have decided to think different and have chosen to deliberately throw away your explicit, intentional settings and substituted our own that can destroy your professional life at any moment. We put up a dialog about it that you probably clicked through because you couldn't read the tiny, inaccessible text. Be f*ing grateful."