Updating 1 imac and install the update on 12 imacs

Question

Hello,
iam working on a network containing about 12 imacs with different models
and all of them is using snow leopard, yesterday i was downloading updates to all of them
every single one is downloading 800 M.B. from internet
Is there any way to download the update only 1 time then install the updates to the other imacs ?

Answer 1

Hi
you can
1: browse http://support.apple.com/downloads/ & grab what you need (much the easiest way, unless there's a ton of them going back a time)
or (not worth the effort, usually)
2: get a list of update names by entering this in Terminal
softwareupdate -l
you should get a list of results like
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* iTunesX-10.0.1
iTunes (10.0.1), 84333K [recommended]
* SecUpd2010-006Snow-1.0
Security Update 2010-006 (1.0), 928K [recommended] [restart]
then use
softwareupdate -d nameofupdate
an example name from the list above would be SecUpd2010-006Snow-1.0
This will download the package(s) to /Library/Updates