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Background. I have a single iMac that I have been using since ~2007. It's a family computer and there are three(3) accounts/users on it. I am the administrator for them. The operating system has been kept up with each OS upgrade since its purchase. We are currently using Maverick.
Problem - In the past with all the other operating systems (pre-Maverick), when a application needed to be upgraded I could log into my account (administrator rights) and perform the necessary upgrade and it would propgate to ALL the users on this computer. However, since upgrading to Maverick I can no longer just upgrade on the administrators account (i.e. mine) and it propogate to the other users. I now have to log into each individual account (i.e my wifes and sons) and perform the upgrades to their account.
Question - Does anyone know if there is a way to allow the administrator to perform the single upgrade that propogates to others users in OS Maverick without having to log into each individual accounts and updating each account separately. Also does anyone know why OS Maverick no longer supports the capability like ALL previous OS's have in the past?
Thanks

Ok thanks. The apps that I'm referring to are: Pages, keynote, numbers, iMovie, and iPhoto. Each of these were originally purchased or came (iLife / iWork) with the machine when I purchased it. All of those apps are located for each user under HD/Applications folder. Each user does have a apple iD for itunes and itunes purchases for songs etc. but all applications are purchased by me the administrator and placed in the HD/Applications folder. So I'm not sure why I now (since upgrading) to Maverick need to go into each account and perform the updates to these apps. All previous OS updates never had this problem.
Does this now mean for each user that I perform the update my HD is getting multiple downloads and installs and increasing the amount of usage per application. For example if "pages" takes 1 Gb and I install it for each user will it now take a total of 3Gb for the 3 users?
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