Now, my question is: Is there something I can do so that I don’t get these “seed” updates anymore? Thanks.

I suppose I got the update because I Beta-tested Yosemite. Haven’t checked to see if I’m having problem(s) others have mentioned (like recoginizing my iPhone and iPad). Also, the warning that accompanied the update sent a chill down my spine! (I read it after the install.) I verified and repaired disk permissions, and now everything seems to be okay. It scared me a little bit because things were going very slowly. Next thing I know this seed update is being installed. I leave my MacMini on 24/7 to run BOINC, and when I got on the computer today I saw the little window telling me something like “updates haven’t been installed” (or whatever that little window says). Or should I say, I HAD that bad habit! From now on I’ll be checking. I didn’t really want this seed update but I have a bad habit of downloading and installing updates before I really know what the update is.

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