On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:00 AM, b_s-wilk <[email protected]> wrote: > These examples are the best reasons to NEVER buy software at an app > store where it's automatically installed, overwriting the last version. > The worst bugs are always in the automatic installs, and they're harder > to clean up, too.
I recall you saying something like this several times. I don't know of any app store that works that way. In iOS and OS X, for example, app upgrades are always voluntary. You have to open the App Store App, go to the Updates Pane, select the updates you want to upgrade, and confirm your choices with your AppleID. In OS X, you can just restore the old version of an app from a backup if the upgrade doesn't work out (Apple makes this easy by their policy of requiring app store apps to be entirely self-contained bundles). In iOS, it's a little more complicated and involves restoring the entire device from a backup, but it's still possible. Even most non-App Store apps don't automatically update themselves. For the most part, they tell me that an update is available and give me the option of upgrading immediately or postponing the update. *************************************** ** THIS LIST HAS MOVED TO YAHOO ** ** PLEASE JOIN THE DISCUSSION THERE ** ** Info at http://www.cguys.org/ ** ***************************************
