Daniel, If only I'd known this a couple of weeks ago. In an unguarded moment Sierra went merrily ahead and shoved me onto iCloud (but not iCloud Drive). Attempts to turn iCloud preferences off result in a stern threat/warning that if I do that all contacts will be removed from my computer. It irritates the hell out of me - they're my contacts, collected since 1993. How dare Apple threaten to steal them.
Cheers, Michael Hawkins Sent from my iPhone > On 4 Oct. 2016, at 8:04 pm, Daniel Kerr <dan...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > For those on El Capitan, Apple have changed it slightly so it will auto > download the Sierra update and have it ready to go. > You still have the option to not install it, and have to “approve” the > install with password etc, so it still would give you the warning. But if you > don’t want it downloaded just yet, you can turn this off. > > More information on it here - > http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/03/macos-sierra-automatic-downloads/ > > Also, if you do install it and want to bypass the “iCloud Drive” setup, the > best option to do is to bypass signing into iCloud when you first install > Sierra. When you’re going through the “setup windows” after it first installs > and restarts you’ll get the “sign in to iCloud” screen. Click on “skip for > now”. > Then after you’ve gone through everything else and get to the Finder, you can > then go to System Preferences - iCloud. > From there you can then sign back into iCloud and then check on iCloud drive > and click on what things you want (or don’t want). > I tend to always do this with setups and new set ups, as I can then control > what changes I’m being asked to do. It’s more of a “safe” way to do it I find. > > Hope something there helps. > > Kind regards > Daniel > > Sent from my iPhone 6 > > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
