How to turn on background updates for macOS SierraHow do you make sure macOS updates are always ready and waiting for you? With background updates!
Over the next couple of weeks, Apple will be rolling out a new way to update macOS — in the background. Apps have been doing it for a while now, but it's the first time El Capitan users will be able to, for example, click on the Sierra installer and have it already downloaded and ready to go. (You'll see it first if you're running OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or 10.11.6.)
Background OS downloads work the same as any other background download. Apple looks for opportunities to grab the updated bits from the server in a way that impacts you the least. So, if they do their job right, you shouldn't even notice the bits coming down while you work, watch, or while your Mac power naps.
If you get tight on space, Apple will also intelligently remove an unused installer — which can be reclaimed at any time from the cloud — so it doesn't impact your storage.
In other words, it lets the Mac wor...
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How to turn on background updates for macOS Sierra
