January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
804 pages
28h 40m
English
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App Store
This System Preferences panel governs when and how your Mac auto-downloads new versions of software you’ve acquired from the App Store (Chapter 4).
Whenever Apple improves or fixes some piece of OS X or some Apple-branded program, the Mac can notify you, download the update, and install it into your system automatically. These updates may include new versions of programs like Photos and Maps; drivers for newly released printers, scanners, cameras, and such; bug fixes and security patches; and so on. These checkboxes govern the process:
Automatically check for updates. You grant permission to your Mac to ping the mother ship periodically to see if there are updates available. Turn it off, and you’re stuck with today’s software versions forever.
Download newly available updates in the background. If you leave this option turned on, you’ll still be notified before anything gets installed, but you won’t have to wait for the downloading—the deed will already be done.
Install app updates. If you turn this off, you won’t get automatic updates to your apps as they come along.
It’s hard to think of a reason why you wouldn’t want the latest, most refined versions of your apps. But maybe you want to read about some update online before installing it.
Install OS X updates. If you turn this off, you won’t automatically get OS X updates as they come along.
Install system data files and security updates. These files are part of OS X’s automatic, ongoing virus protection. If you turn this option ...
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