[Leica] Automatic updates

[lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)]

One of the supposed features of many new pieces of software and computer 
operating systems is automatic updates. This was never the case when 
software came on optical discs. I recently had a collection of photos 
trashed when my Mac Air told me that there was an?updated OS for my computer 
and automatically loaded El Capitan. Basically the problem with much of the 
new software is that it removes control from the user. The assumption is 
that the software knows your desires and needs better than you do. It 
reminds me of the transition from an old film Leica to a modern digital 
camera. The obvious solution is to use two computers, one unconnected to the 
internet and?loaded with your pictures and the software you actually use, 
the other connected to the internet?for all the new software and operating 
systems. Or a single computer with a BIG partitioned disc. Or full backups 
of everything on free standing digital disc drives. But be careful. I use 
all of these and once in a while something gets inadvertently ?changed.
Larry Z