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Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth

From nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth
Date 2015-01-22 02:05 -0500
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In article <m9q6c2$243$1@dont-email.me>, Electric Comet
<electric-comet@mail.invalid> wrote:

> > Some may be willing to sell you a USB stick with the installer on it,
> > or perhaps copy the installer onto your own USB stick.
> 
> I will look around for this.

you won't find it since it doesn't exist.

> > It isn't just Apple. All software sales are going to be going in that
> > direction. It's rather ridiculous since not everyone has an internet
> > connection, and many who do have one that is slow or data-capped.  :-(
> 
> For most software it's a different problem, OS is trickier.

no it isn't.

> I'm sure all-mac shops must have figured out a way to get a local
> server setup to deliver yosemite to their macs.

there's nothing to figure out. bring a usb stick, log into the app
store and download it. be sure to log out when done.

> And if apple posted a link and a checksum then I'd start a long
> slow download. They give it for free but obfuscate it so I guess
> it's security through obscurity. The battle is over at apple and
> it seems the engineers/imagineers lost.

the link is called the app store.



> They still sell previous OS, I saw snow leopard for sale and another.
> Is it just a DL coupon?

snow leopard was never available as a download.

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How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-21 13:10 -0800
  Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-21 16:15 -0500
    Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-21 18:27 -0800
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-21 23:14 -0500
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-01-22 06:57 -0800
  Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-22 13:49 +1300
    Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-01-21 20:26 -0500
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 01:42 +0000
        Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-01-23 00:30 +0000
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-22 02:07 +0000
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Wilbur Eleven <wil@nowhere.at.all.ru.ca.fr.uk.us> - 2015-01-22 12:15 -0500
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-22 10:49 -0800
        Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-22 14:13 -0500
        Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-23 09:01 +1300
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-22 15:06 -0500
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 21:24 +0000
        Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2015-01-22 16:39 -0600
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-01-22 18:49 -0500
    Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-21 18:26 -0800
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-21 23:14 -0500
      Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-22 18:33 +1300
        Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-22 00:52 -0500
        Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-21 22:44 -0800
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-22 02:05 -0500
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-01-22 07:03 -0800
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-23 09:11 +1300
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-01-23 12:15 +1300
            Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-22 23:31 +0000
            Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-23 13:16 +1300
        Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth rcp27g@gmail.com - 2015-01-22 07:25 -0800
          Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Electric Comet <electric-comet@mail.invalid> - 2015-01-22 08:19 -0800
            Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-01-22 17:41 +0000
            Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth rcp27g@gmail.com - 2015-01-23 04:49 -0800
              Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-24 10:22 +1300
    Re: How to download yosemite but limit bandwidth nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-21 23:14 -0500

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