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Upgrading Multiple Macs

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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

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So Mavericks came out and it’s about 5 gigs. You’re looking at your three computers and crying at your bandwidth caps.

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So check this out. Go ahead and download the new OS:

App Store

Now BEFORE you run it, go to your Applications folder (mine is mid-download, but you get the idea):

Mid Download

By the way, that fake date is a very important date in Mac history. Cute, Mac.

Copy that 5 gig app somewhere else. Maybe a thumbdrive if you have one big enough. You can then copy that to any other Mac and upgrade. Or make a bootable DVD and use that to install. Enjoy.

Now I’ll be off to download once and upgrade thrice. Wish I could do it for iOS.

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Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
I’m Mika (aka Ipstenu) and I’m complicated. I’ve been on the net since the days of dedicated terminals and Novation CAT modems and solved Missionaries and Cannibals (or Goats and Cabbages) before I was six, and blog about WordPress and technical/computer things at Half Elf on Tech.
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3 responses to “Upgrading Multiple Macs”

  1. Otto Avatar
    Otto

    You can also make a bootable install drive and then simply carry it around to each of the units you wish to install it on.

    http://www.macworld.com/article/2056561/how-to-make-a-bootable-mavericks-install-drive.html

    1. Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) Avatar
      Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

      @Otto: Since I’m sans a thumb drive big enough right now, I almost made a bootable DVD 😉 but yes, that works too 🙂 Maybe I should do that for work.

  2. Mike Avatar
    Mike

    Here is an interesting way to support a network of Mac users and OS and App updates.
    http://www.apple.com/osx/server/features/#caching-server

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