Where do apps download their updates to?

Hi folks,
We've now got two Mac's.
We run pretty much the same software on each. In NZ we have data limits on our broadband... yes, still in the dark ages down here in Kiwi land. Many of the programs on my computer download updates automatically, or after asking me if I'd like to install the update.
What I would like to know is if there is any particularly folder location where apps download their updates to, even if just temporarily? I'd like to grab the file and use it on our other mac, so that we are not downloading all these updates twice.
Any help on this is much appreciated. I've turned up nothing through online searches so far.
With thanks,
Jonathan

That's tricky as it can vary among different apps. Many apps clean up after themselves to free up disk space. You could check in /Library/Updates (typically used by Apple updater packages) or in /Username/Library/Application Support and check through each software vendor, or in /Username/Library/caches.
For the Mac OS system updates, you can download the full updater package from apple.com rather than doing so via software update. These are usually very large updates.
Also consider doing a spotlight search for Installer Packages, Disk Images or gzip files. You have to enable searching of system files locate all of such files: in Finder, press cmd-F, click the +, click the dropdown on the left, choose "other" and choose system files.

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