[MacDV] Use iPod for Software Updaters

Filipp Lepalaan filipp at mac.ee
Thu Jan 9 23:52:23 PST 2003


But isn't it also possible to check "Save downloads
to desktop" (or whatever) in Software Update ? : )

filipp


> As of tonight, 01/08/03 at 9PM, the QT 6.1 is only available as Software
> Update. 
> 
> That means you have to be on the machine you are updating. In a very short
> while it will probably be available as a standalone, but tonight you can't
> even access SU and choose Save to Desktop.
> 
> sb
> 
> On 1/9/03 8:28 PM, "Thubten Kunga" <Kunga at FutureMedia.org> wrote:
> 
>> I just read this post of yours. That's you solution. Download the
>> updaters at work, copy to your iPod and take the iPod home with all the
>> big updates to run in a flash. That would be, 10.2.1 updater, then the
>> 10.2.3 combo updater, then the QuickTime 6.1 updater. After that, run
>> the updater at home to see what you still have to run, then get those
>> at work the next day on the iPod etc.
>> 
>> k
>> 
>> On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 07:54  PM, Shirley Kehr wrote:
>> 
>>> Something that others haven't mentioned is how handy it is for moving
>>> files back and forth. I used to burn CDs at work when I'd download
>>> stuff
>>> on the T-1 line. (I only have modem at home.) Now it's so easy to plug
>>> in the iPod and transfer files in seconds.
>> 
> 
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