Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Is there a way to centralise the distribution of iOS and/or Mac OS updates? I'm responsible for the IT infrastructure onboard a ship with limited internet connectivity and I would be keen to reduce update traffic from 50+ apple devices. TIA
For iOS, download each udpate manually and apply it via iTunes
-search google for "ios direct download links"
Mac updates...use OS X Server's Software Update service.
Install the Apple Configurator (osx only) and it will cache the iOS update on there after it's been installed once. From then on each device you plug-in will take the update from Apple Config without having to download it. I have this setup on a macbook air and it saves me a lot of time.
The updates are device specific so make sure you update one iPhone 4, one 4S, one 5, one iPad etc before heading out to sea. I thought installing the update on an iPhone 4S will work on an iPhone 5 but the first iPhone 5 I connected needed to download.
Is there a way to centralise the distribution of iOS and/or Mac OS updates?
