MacOS Catalina Automatic Updates

If I turn on automatic updates and all five options available will it just be Catalina that will be kept up to date or will this update to Big Sur automatically, which I don't want to do at this time.

Posted on Sep 24, 2021 6:44 AM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2021 7:49 AM

Yes it only updates Catalina, it does not automatically upgrade your OS to macOS Big Sur.


Generally though I would have my mac set to automatically update anything, given the propensity

for Apple updates to introduce bugs rather than improve anything


At the beginning of the week apple released Safari 15.0, soon after users were reporting they were no longer

able to connect wither banks, medical insurers etc etc.

If you were on automatically update then you were immediately compromised.

I only update my OS after about a week to a month after a release so I can monitor what people are saying

about it and if it introduces new problems.

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Sep 24, 2021 7:49 AM in response to fredfromredwater

Yes it only updates Catalina, it does not automatically upgrade your OS to macOS Big Sur.


Generally though I would have my mac set to automatically update anything, given the propensity

for Apple updates to introduce bugs rather than improve anything


At the beginning of the week apple released Safari 15.0, soon after users were reporting they were no longer

able to connect wither banks, medical insurers etc etc.

If you were on automatically update then you were immediately compromised.

I only update my OS after about a week to a month after a release so I can monitor what people are saying

about it and if it introduces new problems.

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