Re: El Capitan keep installer

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: El Capitan keep installer
Date	2015-10-02 00:45 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-10-01, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> 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.
>> >
>> > Which parts are those?
>
>> Most folks are interested in the InstallESD.dmg which gets deleted. I'm
>> not sure what else may get removed, because I don't care enough to do a
>> listing to find out. Anyone who really wants to find out can list the
>> contents before and after running the installer to see the difference.
>
> Dang. You're right. It leaves the tiny .app file behind, and not its 6 
> GB installer file. Argh! Why does Apple do that? Argh.

A better question is, considering how much we have discussed this in
these news groups during the past couple weeks, why didn't you archive it
before running it? : )

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JR

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  Re: El Capitan keep installer JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-01 14:54 -0400
    Re: El Capitan keep installer nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-01 15:45 -0400
      Re: El Capitan keep installer ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-01 16:48 -0500
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        Re: El Capitan keep installer nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-01 18:41 -0400
  Re: El Capitan keep installer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-01 19:05 +0000
    Re: El Capitan keep installer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-01 20:43 +0000
      Re: El Capitan keep installer John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2015-10-01 14:11 -0700
        Re: El Capitan keep installer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-01 21:40 +0000
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      Re: El Capitan keep installer ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-10-01 16:50 -0500
        Re: El Capitan keep installer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-01 21:53 +0000
          Re: El Capitan keep installer JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-01 18:10 -0400
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            Re: El Capitan keep installer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-02 00:45 +0000
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    Re: El Capitan keep installer Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-02 00:46 +0000
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