[travisvn]

Hey everyone, I'm the owner of the repo that Rob references in his blog post (https://github.com/travisvn/stop-tahoe-update)

Just wanted to comment to see if I can help answer any questions as well as mentioning that we improved the instructions in the README based on some of the points Rob made a few weeks back.

There really are a large number of us out there that know Tahoe would be a downgrade to their current setup

If you have any ideas on how to improve the resilience of the workarounds, please connect on the GitHub, or just starring the repo would help, as the project would get more attention and hopefully more solutions offered as a result.

It's frustrating to feel like your computer isn't.. yours anymore when you're pushed so insistently like with this "upgrade". Hopefully we can figure out some sustainable ways to get some autonomy back.

[evolve2k]

At the 90 days, err do we (can we?) run it again and get another 90 days?

Would be good to clarify this in the README. So appreciate your work btw.

[p_ing]

Not all security fixes are backported so unfortunately if you’re concerned about vulnerabilities, updating to the current release OS is a requirement.

https://support.apple.com/guide/deployment/software-update-p...

[lapcat]

On the other hand, not all new security vulnerabilities are backported either.

Do you think that new major OS versions introduce only fixes and not bugs?

I think version N-1 is a good balance between getting the fixes and avoiding the new bugs.

[tempodox]

I just wanted to thank you for this work. I wouldn’t have known where to start. Reading about all the hoops to jump through I can’t help but think that macOS is getting ever closer to being malware, just like Windows. An OS you have to fight to stay productive. I’ve been a Mac user since 1995, but the way this has been going over so many years now, I can’t imagine my next computer to be yet another Mac any more. I have been forced to view Linux as the last refuge. It was nice while it lasted, but eventually Stallman was right the whole time.

[MagerValp]

You’ll be disappointed to learn that the deferral is 90 days from the release of the major OS version, not 90 days from when the configuration is set. There appears to be a bug in the delay logic in 15.7.3, but you really shouldn’t be running that — there are some important security fixes in 15.7.4.

[the-mitr]

Thanks for your work!