“Updates are easy to forget, so I always recommend going with auto-updates.
Nowadays, they even happen while you sleep so as to not inconvenience people.”
Security
Automatic updates work great, until they don’t.
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It also felt unfinished and rushed.
There are two parts of software updates that interest users.
One is security fixes and enhancements; the other is new features.
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Features are more appealing, for sure, but the security fixes are the most important.
Hackers might save these up and deploy them before platform vendors have a chance to fix them.
Automatic
According to Federighi’s email reply, Apple rolls out its updates incrementally.
This starts a race.
Why would you want to risk attack from a bug that has already been fixed?
“Tyler Kennedy, creator of the iMessage anti-spam appDon’t Text, told Lifewire via email.
The message is that you should keep automatic updates switched on.
