By Ed Bott In this gallery, I’ll walk you through how Apple offers updates to its software and how Microsoft does the same thing. After you see both procedures in action, you tell me who’s got it right and who’s doing it wrong when it comes to consent, disclosure, and treating customers with respect. Look at the evidence and decide for yourself. When you install iTunes as part of setting up a new iPod or iPhone, one dialog box is labeled Choose iTunes QuickTime Installer Options. The third option reads Automatically update iTunes, QuickTime, and other Apple software. This option is selected by default. In other words, automatic updating is on unless you specifically choose to opt out of it by clearing this check box.
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There's no disclosure of what this option means. For the full story, see.
After you install iTunes for the first time, Apple Software Update runs and offers Safari 3.1 for Windows. The text at the bottom of the dialog box reads 'Note: Use of this software is subject to the original Software License Agreement(s) that accompanied the software being updated.' This text appears even when Safari has never been installed and the user has never seen, much less accepted, a license agreement. You can clear the check box for Safari and then close the Apple Software Update dialog box, but when the Update program runs again a week later, you'll be offered Safari again. The only way to make it go away is to leave the Safari item selected and use the Tools, Ignore Selected Update option.
For the full story, see. By Ed Bott In this gallery, I’ll walk you through how Apple offers updates to its software and how Microsoft does the same thing. After you see both procedures in action, you tell me who’s got it right and who’s doing it wrong when it comes to consent, disclosure, and treating customers with respect. Look at the evidence and decide for yourself. When you install iTunes as part of setting up a new iPod or iPhone, one dialog box is labeled Choose iTunes QuickTime Installer Options. The third option reads Automatically update iTunes, QuickTime, and other Apple software. This option is selected by default.
Safari on MacOS. Safari comes installed on all Apple computers, so you shouldn't need to download it. To make sure that it's up to date, use the Software Update feature by clicking the Apple logo in the very top left of the screen, choosing 'Software Update' and following the instructions.
![Safari Software Update For Mac Safari Software Update For Mac](/uploads/1/2/5/4/125449919/795424080.jpg)
In other words, automatic updating is on unless you specifically choose to opt out of it by clearing this check box. There's no disclosure of what this option means. For the full story, see.