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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: El Capitan keep installer
Date: 1 Oct 2015 21:40:33 GMT
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On 2015-10-01, John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
> On 10/1/15   PDT 1:43 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-01, John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> Downloading now, but on very slow connection. Have several machines to
>>>> update. Can someone please remind me how to preserve the download so I
>>>> can use it for the other Macs?
>>>
>>> Once it finishes downloading, quit the installer if it launches, then
>>> right-click the installer application icon and choose Compress. You'll
>>> end up with a zipped archive of the installer that you can archive or
>>> copy to other machines.
>>
>> Note that, as has been discussed in other threads recently, if you let the
>> installer run rather than quitting it, the installer will delete parts of
>> it during installation. So if you want a pristine archive, you have to
>> cancel the install when it launches after the download from the App Store
>> finishes.
>>
> Thanks. The compress idea is ideal.
>
> Didn't some previous versions save just by moving its location, then 
> running it?

Not sure what you are asking. You don't *have* to compress it. You can
simply move it if you want. But as soon as you run the installer and let
it do the installation, it deletes parts of it during installation. So
I find compressing it first thing give me a single file I can easily
copy anywhere I want (or archive for later).

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