[Leica] Automatic updates

[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