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Software Update By SW

forces a check for all available Apple updates

Version: 2.7

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This CMD Line does the same thing...

Feedback Type: Usage Tip

Contributed by: le.photon Monday, May 15 2006 @ 12:21 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Have Not Tried

Hello,

you might as well type into the terminal:

sudo softwareupdate -i -a

That's all it does. Hiding this small command behind a package is a bit 'overkill'... at least wrap it into an AppleScript... that would be more userfriendly.

Cheers,

M.

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This CMD Line does the same thing... - jeremymatthews_dotmac

For thousands of macs simultaneously...probably not!

Which is a reason why its great for use in NetBoot/Apple Remote Desktop Scenarios....it mentions this in the description...

I absolutely agree with what you've said; except that, generally speaking, the command you mentioned is only good for one mac at a time...this has a bigger target.

Thanks,
SW

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Monday, May 15 2006 @ 06:03 AM PDT