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Razengan

> my MacBook needs a reboot fairly frequently for updates, I'd almost guess at more often than my win10 machines.

I call bull, unless you’re on a beta channel.

When was the last time you had to reboot macOS for an update, and how long ago was the second-last update?

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I had to reboot to do the update from 10.15.4 to 10.15.5

And cannot remember the last time any one of the 100+ windows 10 machines I administer had a forced reboot.

In 10 years I have never had a forced reboot on macOs, that I explicitly did not allow.

Meanwhile there are plenty of horror stories of people being unable to work, or worse, losing their work, because of Windows 10 updates.

I don't get forced reboots either. I'm running a stock Windows 10 Pro, and I haven't changed very many settings from the default. I'll get a notice that I should reboot to get an update about once a month, but not a forced one.

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