That’s easily addressed. All you would need to know is the checksum for the official release and insure that the file you downloaded has the same value. Been done for years and years with unix distributions.
> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:59 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I wouldn't trust installing my OS from bittorrent. How can you be sure it's > not just legit but unmodified? I think Apple is taking the right approach. > Sure things bog down once a year for a bit when a new release comes out but I > wouldn't re architect the distribution model for that one anomaly just to > appease the impatient. > > CB > > On 10/1/15 10:53 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> So Apple has a pretty interesting infrastructure. They have their own CDN >> (content distribution network) as well as several geographically diverse >> data centers and a ton of private and public peering. Torrents might >> distribute the load but remember a lot of carriers also block torrents or >> more annoyingly slow them down and deprioritise them or outright block them >> depending on how their sand vines are configured. So that may throw a bit >> of a wrench in things. >> >>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 10:44 AM, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> apple could take a page from bittirrent on this. ftp/http is fine under >>> most circumstances but gets bogged down when too many users (like 35 >>> million of us) try to retrieve data. with torrent, users can start to share >>> the load. this will make transfers faster. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>> On Oct 1, 2015, at 12:47 AM, Sadam Ahmed wrote: >>> >>>> I have managed to start the download however it's taking a very long time. >>>> >>>> 9 AM and now it's 5:30 PM. >>>> >>>> Their Service must be experiencing a lot of usage. >>>> >>>> Thanks all for the suggestions. >>>> >>>> Yours truly, >>>> >>>> Sadam Ahmed >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1 Oct 2015, at 12:03 PM, Jonathan Mosen <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I could be wrong, but I believe the build released today is the same as >>>>> the GM. That could be why you're not getting any update. >>>>> Jonathan Mosen >>>>> Mosen Consulting >>>>> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >>>>> http://Mosen.org >>>>> >>>>>> On 1/10/2015, at 12:33 PM, Sadam Ahmed <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> All, >>>>>> >>>>>> Trying to upgrade to the released version of El Capitin as I am running >>>>>> the Gold Master. >>>>>> >>>>>> However when I go to the App Store and hit download nothing occurs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Any ideas on how to proceed? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for the assistance. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kind regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Sadam Ahmed >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to [email protected]. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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