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10.5: Schedule OS X software updates via script
Authored by: Dr. T on Apr 09, '09 09:51:16AM

Why is this hint necessary? Just have her launch System Preferences, click on Software Update, check the "Check for updates" box, and choose daily, weekly, or monthly. I did that for my daughter before she went to college with her old iMac.

Also, it really isn't a crisis to go without updates for a while. There is a subset of computer users that is overly compulsive about installing every update on the day of release. Let others test for incompatibilities for a week or two and save yourself lots of troubleshooting time.



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10.5: Schedule OS X software updates via script
Authored by: BjarneDM on Apr 10, '09 07:14:06AM

because

  1. she is running as a normal user. Normal users don't see notices from Software Udate
  2. there's the additional requirement to delete the cache files on the computer. Software Update can't handle that, and she isn't computer savy enough to understand and handle the issue. If I just let Software Update handle it she'll have no sound afterwards!

As to the compulsiveness issue she is was two 10.5 point updates behind before I got hold of the computer.



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