Update on 3 MacBooks

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Update on 3 MacBooks

Hi, this morning I found out that there is Java update (77 Mb). We have 3 MacBooks in our house. Is there some possibility to be able to download it just one time and than instal it on other macs or even better, is there some possibility to install it to all macs from just one MacBook?

Thanks 🙂

MacBook Pro 15.4'', iPhone 3G, Airport Express 802.11n, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 21, 2010 12:57 AM

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Answer 1

avedon

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Oct 21, 2010 1:55 AM in response to jakudo

Hi,

you have to download the updates every time for each mac.You can't download once for all the machines.

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Answer 2

jakudo Author

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Oct 21, 2010 1:56 AM in response to avedon

Hmm, that's bad... Thanks for your answer.

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Answer 3

thomas_r.

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Oct 21, 2010 3:49 AM in response to avedon

Nonsense! That may be true for Software Update, but it is perfectly possible to download an update once and apply it to many machines... just go here:

http://support.apple.com/downloads/

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jakudo Author

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Oct 21, 2010 3:58 AM in response to thomas_r.

Great! Thanks a lot!

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Answer 5

Oct 21, 2010 4:20 AM in response to avedon

Not so; I download all updates on my iMac direct from the Support Downloads page of the Apple site and distribute them around the other Macs by simply connecting over the network and dropping the .dmg file into the reqd location on each.

There are some updates which don't appear on the downloads site and have to be done through Software Update, but not many.

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