On 2008-05-08 15:56:08 +0100, Nige Danton <Nige.Danton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> On May 8, 9:39 pm, Jolly Roger <jollyro...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Are both Macs the exact same model? If not, the updates may not be the
>> same (some may be Universal, but others may be PowerPC- or
>> Intel-specific, for instance, or an EFI update for a MacBook Pro may
not
>> apply to an iMac, for instance). If the models are different enough, I
>> would not advise doing this.
>
> Ah, a very good point, thanks. No, they are not the same. One's a
> MacBook and the other a PowerBook and of course the MB is intel too. I
> think I shall leave well alone and just dl the updates for each
> machine. Simpler and safer I suspect. I never gave a thought to the
> blindingly obvious.
>
>> I believe you can download the updates by specifying the -d |
--download
>> command-line switch when running the 'softwareupdate' command-line
tool.
>> I'm not exactly sure where the downloaded updates are placed on your
>> startup drive, but finding them shouldn't be too hard a task.
>>
>> # softwareupdate --help
>> usage: softwareupdate <mode> [<args> ...]
>>
>> -l | --list List all appropriate updates
>> -d | --download Download Only
>> -i | --install Install
>> <label> ... specific updates
>> -a | --all all appropriate updates
>> -r | --recommended only recommended updates
>>
>> Per-user preferences:
>> --ignore <label> ... Ignore specific updates
>> --reset-ignored Clear all ignored updates
>> --schedule (on | off) Set automatic checking
>>
>> -h | --help Print this help
>
> Could you explain that in simpler terms - please?
It is showing you what sort of flags (the "-i" stuff) you can give to
the softwareupdate program in the terminal. In particular, I think you
want:
softwareupdate -d
Typing "man softwareupdate" will give you a little more information.
Cheers,
Chris
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