Downloading large files with short-timed dail-up

My dial-up account limits the amount of time I can be connected, in this case 8 hours. That's not enough time for me to upgrade my iMac OS 10.4.7 to newer updates. How can I get around this problem? There is no broadband available where I live. Thanks.

Hi, somefrank. Welcome to the Discussions.
Here are some ideas for obtaining large updates if you do not have broadband or your ISP restricts the size or duration of your downloads:
• If there is an Apple Retail Store in your area, visit them and bring a suitably-sized disc (CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R/RW) with you — or buy a pack there — and they'll let you download and burn the required Delta or Combo Update there in the store. All the stores have broadband.
• If you're not near an Apple Retail Store, perhaps a sympathetic, local Apple Authorized Service facility with broadband would do the same. See "How to find your nearest Apple-Authorized Service Provider (AASP)" to determine if there's an AASP in your area.
• If you have a friend who is using Mac OS X and has broadband, work with them to download the Standalone version of the desired Delta or Combo Update and burn it to CD or DVD. Once you have a CD/DVD with the Standalone Update, copy the Standalone Update to your desktop and run it: it cannot be run from an optical disc.
Note that some of the information above is from page 477 of the "Software Update" chapter of my book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X, Tiger Edition.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
Note: The information provided in the link(s) above is freely available. However, because I own The X Lab™, a commercial Web site to which some of these links point, the Apple Discussions Terms of Use require I include the following disclosure statement with this post:
I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

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