We’ve had centralized OS updates in one form or another for about thirty years now, and they still can’t install them when you’re not using the computer…
This morning my MacPro 5,1 that I’m using at work – which runs logged in, 24/7, for a few cron jobs as well as remote access – decided that being as I’d turned the monitor on and fired up my email that it was time to install 12.7.1 whether or not I wanted to.
It literally had all weekend to install this while I wasn’t using the machine…
I remember actually looking forward to Win95 patches, because they legitimately made the OS better – like adding USB support in OSR 2.5. But these days it’s mostly reactionary bug fixing or exploit patching, which isn’t nearly as fun.
Or, maybe I’m just getting old. 😀
Listening to "Graduation" by Sunglasses Kid