"Sharing" Updates Between Multiple Macs?

So I have three Macs in the house now, one iMac, and two Macbooks. So When there is a big update, I currently have to download the same update three times. Is there a way to download the package once on one computer and distribute it to the others across my LAN?

Every update is eventually posted at http://www.apple.com/downloads/ Download them, install them manually after transferring them to the other machines.

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Good morning -
Does anyone know if it it's possible to share the iOS update file from one Mac to another? I downloaded iOS 4.3.1 for my iPhone 4 this morning, but if I can avoid having to download it all over again on my wife's Mac for her iPhone, that would be great! If the file is in the Finder somewhere, I would think I could move it over using File Sharing...
Thanks for any help!

there is no problem doing that on a windows machine on a windows machine you just press shift and restore in itunes and point to the downlloaded firmware file

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I may not be getting it clear.
Thanks.

if for example I'm doing my site on my personal iMac, and then went to college or wanted to work on a MacBook for instance, cannot I complete working on my site through MobileMe?
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You can't share/play a music CD using Remote Disk. It's a limitation that Apple built in.
"MacBook Air and Mac mini do not support playing DVD movies or audio CD media with Remote Disc."
Remote Disk is limited to data transfers.
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Otherwise, you will need to rip the CD's contents using your PC and transfer the music as data files.

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Is there a way to share a jsp between 2 different controllers?
If I put the shared jsp in its own directory and the 2 controllers in
their own directories - I seem to be able to use netui:anchors and
specifying the fully qualified "href" attribute - but not the "action"
attribute. For example this works (but means I have to specify the exact
controller):
<netui:anchor href="/portlets/Controller1/findAction.do">
find
</netui:anchor>This does <b>not </b>work:
<netui:anchor action="findAction">
find
</netui:anchor>Additionally, if I want a form to be on this shared jsp - I don't know of
a way to use the netui tags to accomplish this... This example results in
an error (as if it's trying to find the action in Global.app):
<netui:form action="submitSharedForm">
<table>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Foo:</td>
<td>
<netui:textBox dataSource="{actionForm.foo}"/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
>            <netui:button value="submitSharedForm" type="submit"/>
</netui:form>Are there other better techniques for sharing jsps between multiple
controllers (jpf)? The only other thing I was thinking of trying to have
a jsp found within the same directory as the controller include the shared
jsp (which seems kind of tacky)...

Sharing photos between multiple users on one Mac

I'm trying to figure out how to easily share photos imported in by one user to other users in my family on my mac. I'm assuming we don't have to import them multiple times. It seems cumbersome to this new mac user to share them. I find the issue with iTunes. Any help?

HI Darien,
Here are all the links I have for the different kinds of sharing:
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Sharing libraries between users on the same local network
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-both users must be logged in and have iPhoto running
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2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
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Greetings,
I'll start by saying that I briefly searched for my answer on the board with no luck. So sorry if it's out there but I couldn't find it.
To get to the point, I have two main macs (desktop & laptop) that I use interchangeably. I would like to be able to access the same files with both computers and more importantly, stay in sync with those files. Example, I work on my FileMaker Pro database on my Mac Pro, then when it's time to leave for the office, I have to copy the file over to my MacBook (if I remember to do that). Which means that I always have two files out there at the same time. This has been ok to deal for one file but I'm finding more and more apps that I'd like to share the files with (Things, Quicken, Filemaker, iBank, OmniFocus...etc).
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Hope my question was clear but here it is again;
What service or application will allow me to share files between my Macs?
Thanks!

Jorge:
You can't do that with the alias system. That'st because each user will have a totally independent library from the other users. Any edits made will be saved in that particularly users iPhoto Library folder and not be available to others.
Tutorial #4, however, does discuss how to setup such a system.
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Do you Twango?

Problem sharing media between multiple users on same Mac

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1549
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Hello, everyone. I hope you are doing well.
My wife and I take photos and video with 2 different iPhones, a Nikon SLR, a Panasonic compact digital, and a Flip HD video recorder.
I put the photos I take on my Mac Pro. She puts the photos she takes on her iMac.
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How are your two Macs connected? Do you have a hard wired LAN? If so then the optimal way of sharing a library between the two Macs is to put a single library on an external FW hard drive connected to one of the Macs and have both of you use the same library, but not at the same time. If you go this route you can merge your two existing libraries into a new library with the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager and eliminate any duplicates in the process.
If you're connected wirelessly it's not recommended to run/share a library wirelessly as you will encounter occasional dropouts and that can corrupt the library. When that happens you're in a good position of losing all your organizational efforts. You'll not lose the photos/movies, just the organization and you may have to create a new library from the existing original files in the damaged one.
If you want to be able to keep both your libraries identical as to content you can use iPhotoSync
Here's how it works:
1 - it compares the databases and/or album.xml files of Libraries A and B.
2 - the files in A that are not in B are imported into B by copying the original files from A into B's Import folder.
3 - it then does the same for B.
4 - metadata is not copied.
5 - it can be password protected to prevent unauthorized use.
It can be used to just copy from A to B and not sync both ways if desired.
Any keywords, titles, places or faces added in one library will not be copied with the photos to the other library - just the photos get copied.

Sharing files between a Mac and PC

I have 2 Mac's and 2 PC's and they are all on a network via Airport Express and all connect to the Internet just fine. What I'd like to do is share files to and from all the computers on my network. I can see the Mac's just fine and copy files between them as well, however I cannot "mount" the PC's. When I go into network I see library, Mshome,My Network,Servers,Workgroup. In Ms Home I see one of the pc's and in Network and workgroup I see the other PC. When I click connect on either of the pc's regardless of which folder they are in i get the spinning lollipop and then a message that the alias needs to be fixed or deleted. Can anyone help me? I've turned on Windows sharing on my Mac and I've turned on sharing on the folders on my PC that I would like to have access to. What am I missing? I should mention that I know nothing about PC's. Thanks ahead of time for any and all help!

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Advice on sharing files between two Macs please?

Hello all,
I have two G4s, one running 10.3.9 and one running 10.4. They are both connected to an ethernet router for internet. I would like to share files between these two computers as well as share a printer connected to the G4 running Panther.
After reading the Apple docs, I'm a bit confused, so I've posted here for clarification if possible.
From what I understand I can simply "turn on file sharing" on both and then grab and move files to the "Public" folder only of each G4?
I can also simply "turn on printer sharing" and share my printer with the Tiger G4?
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Have you actually tried it yet? You're not clear on that bit!
It should just work. Be aware that shaing over ethernet is all about IP adresses. Normally you wouldn't think about this, but your router will probably assign these to the two macs automatically. In theory.
A good thing to know is, if you are on Mac A, with Sharing set up as ON on the other Mac (B), you can log in AS THE USER on Mac B, thereby gaining total access to that machine - not just the shared folder. However, if you log on as a "guest" you will only get into the shared folder.
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We currently have two 24inch iMacs, a 15 inch and a 17 inch MacBook Pro and a MacBook and only have limited download speeds in our regional area and only 1 Gb of data download allowance a month. Is there any way we can "download only" software updates on one computer and transfer the update to the other systems in Snow Leopard, like we did in Leopard. This does not appear to be possible in Snow Leopard. For us to upgrade all computers to 10.6.5, we would blow our data allowance for 2.5 months. And this does not take into account all the other updates that are available for installed Apple software. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Robb.

robb13 wrote:
Is there any way we can "download only" software updates on one computer and transfer the update to the other systems
well, one way of doing that is to get the stand alone installer packages from [here|http://support.apple.com/downloads>, then either mount the .dmg's from the other Mac(s) or copy the .dmg's over the network.
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