Geoff DuncanApr 1

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.

#apple #macos #macos154

Show threadStan Stewart aka muz4now
@geoffduncan Not cool. At all.
Of course, my aging system is still on Monterey, so there's that. Similar to what you noted about audio/DAW/plugin versions not supported. Hoping to be able to upgrade to a Mac Studio, but haven't saved enough yet...
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Show threadGeoff DuncanApr 1
@muz4now
I have a weirder case in that I have to keep some old systems around and operational for data recovery purposes. Someone gets a bright idea and wants to remaster their album from 25 years ago? Good luck opening that project on a modern rig. Sometimes they have stems…sometimes they don't.
Show threadStan Stewart aka muz4nowApr 1
@geoffduncan Yes, that's a very wide and wild case. I imagine you have a computer room full of prior systems. (Since I do I.T. in my day job, my mind goes straight to power and cooling requirements...)
Show threadGeoff DuncanApr 1

@muz4now
Nah: most of them are asleep or (if they're still relatively new) actually turned off. I do roughly two recovery-type jobs a month: most are pretty simple (reading things from Zip disks, SyQuests, floppies, DAT—lately CD-R and Blu-Ray, ha), sometimes it's file conversion, pulling data out of old systems,etc. Occasionally things get more involved. On a few occasions I've had to Frankentein-together old ProTools rigs in order to open/recover recordings—and yes, that has included NuBus-based ProTools.

Anyway: it's not something I do as a real data recovery business. Sometimes people ask if I can help, and sometimes I can.