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02.10.09 Saving MAC OS X Updates To Your Network  By Dave TaylorI administer a network of about twenty computers and would like to have more control over how system updates are applied on the machines, so I always know the state of each system. Is there a way I can disable automatic updates on the computers and instead just save the updates on a central server and apply them manually? Dave's Answer: Thre is indeed a way you can do this and it demonstrates how the Apple engineers have also been thinking about this problem and trying to come up with a simple and easily deployed solution. There are two steps required to get this to work, as you know: the first is to disable automatic updates on the other computers and the second is to learn how to save software updates from Apple (I want to say "from the mother ship" here!) so you can apply them later. Let's start with the first. It's easy. Go to Apple --> System Preferences... and click on Software Update. You'll see this: 
As you can imagine, simply uncheck "Check for updates" and close the window. That computer will now never automatically check for software or operating system updates. For the second part, it can be a bit tricky because the Software Update application on the Mac doesn't make it obvious how to save updates rather than just apply them. If there are updates, this is most likely what you'll see on the computer that's still checking automatically:  What you need to do is to click on "Show Details", which will give you a specific list of every update that's available from Apple for your particular version of Mac OS X: Continue reading this article. About the Author: Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is internationally known as an expert on both business and technology issues. Holder of an MSEd and MBA, author of twenty books and founder of four startups, he also runs a strategic marketing company and consults with firms seeking the best approach to working with weblogs and social networks. Dave is an award-winning speaker and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs. AskDaveTaylor.com http://www.intuitive.com/blog/ |
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