Hi Daniel, "One feature I'm not too sure about yet is "One stop Software Updating".
This is what I was most concerned about and did not like, when The App Store was first introduced, and you and I have had lengthy talks on this issue. How do Apple expect Consultants to be able to update individual clients machines? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 23/02/2012, at 9:34 PM, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > Some interesting things mentioned today for ML,... > <http://www.macworld.com/article/165496/2012/02/ten_exciting_system_changes_in_mountain_lion.html> > > I quite like the Multi-disk Backup feature for Time Machine. An overdue > feature I think! People can now run two Time Machine backups easily and keep > one offsite. So that will be good for the "non backup, easy backups" types. > At least their data should be safer then no backup,..or one backup ;)) > > One feature I'm not too sure about yet is "One stop Software Updating". > Sure, I can see this being quite good in general. > The thing that bothers me with it is from a consulting point of view. I know > I've mentioned it before, but will mention it again. > If I'm doing a setup for a client (or a new client), I would normally do all > the upgrades for them. (as I have them on a support Hard Drive I use). That > way the machine is all done, ready to go, for them to start using it. > Even now with Lion and some of the software I can't upgrade it, as Mac App > Store requires logging in with AppleID to do the update. So I can do most the > other software updates, I just cant install the update for iPhoto (9.2.1). If > I try installing it from my downloaded Disk Image of it, it tells me I need > to download it from the Mac App Store. > But as I don't have the clients AppleID (which I don't really want their > AppleID and password for obvious reasons), then I can't update it. > So to me this seems like a bit more of an hassle. Normally I'd do these sorts > of things as goodwill, overnight to keep the costing down for clients. Now if > I can't do any of the updates offsite on a clients machine, I have to allow > more time onsite to do all the updates. Or leave it to the client to do. (or > maybe I'm missing something else,...lol) > Maybe Apple are trying to phase me out,..... > > Again, maybe it will work slightly different,..heres's hoping! :) I guess we > won't know til the Mountain Lions out in the wild,... :) > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Macintosh** > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
