First, you have to get all of your hardware on the same OS.
If it were only that easy! That might make it easier for administrators, but it's not realistic in a work environment with different departments needing different apps, and older equipment using an older OS version (and working fine-- why risk breaking it?). Keeping it to 3 or 4 images is more realistic. It is still pretty with ARD to create groups broken into different images, though.
And using a scheduled script in ARD as mentioned above is still pretty easy to allow the clients to download their own updates.
Easy even with the older ARD v.2 - just send the unix command "softwareupdate -i -a" to the workstations in question, and they will automatically download and install all needed updates.
Best of all, schedule it to wake the workstations at 3:00 a.m., download and install the updates, restart the machines, and put them back to sleep or turn them off. Easy as pie with Apple Remote Desktop and scheduled scripting.
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There is a wonderful non-profit that is based in the U.S. but is growing worldwide called SeniorNet (see http://www.seniornet.org/ which teaches older people how to use computers. If you have a local Seniornet Learning Center, you can donate time teaching or coaching classes, you can donate useable equipment, or you can donate money. You may even be able to just donate technical advice.
You would not believe the look of happiness on old folks' faces when they find pictures of their grandkids on the Internet for the first time, or they find out there is a support community for their particular painful disorders.
Volunteer! It's a great help and a great feeling!
As of the time I am writing this, no one has quoted the germane part of the article: "Time has been naming its person of the year since 1927 and the tradition has become the source of speculation every year, as well as controversy over unpopular choices such as Adolf Hitler in 1938 and Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.
The aim is to pick 'the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and embodied what was important about the year, for better or for worse.'...'You want to make a choice for the history books as well as one which is fresh and interesting,' Kelly said."
This is NOT about whether Gates is good, or rich, or generous, or bad or stingy. Geeeeeez!
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Easy even with the older ARD v.2 - just send the unix command "softwareupdate -i -a" to the workstations in question, and they will automatically download and install all needed updates.
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Best of all, schedule it to wake the workstations at 3:00 a.m., download and install the updates, restart the machines, and put them back to sleep or turn them off. Easy as pie with Apple Remote Desktop and scheduled scripting.
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http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=44
There is a wonderful non-profit that is based in the U.S. but is growing worldwide called SeniorNet (see http://www.seniornet.org/ which teaches older people how to use computers. If you have a local Seniornet Learning Center, you can donate time teaching or coaching classes, you can donate useable equipment, or you can donate money. You may even be able to just donate technical advice. You would not believe the look of happiness on old folks' faces when they find pictures of their grandkids on the Internet for the first time, or they find out there is a support community for their particular painful disorders. Volunteer! It's a great help and a great feeling!
As of the time I am writing this, no one has quoted the germane part of the article:
"Time has been naming its person of the year since 1927 and the tradition has become the source of speculation every year, as well as controversy over unpopular choices such as Adolf Hitler in 1938 and Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. The aim is to pick 'the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill, and embodied what was important about the year, for better or for worse.'...'You want to make a choice for the history books as well as one which is fresh and interesting,' Kelly said."
This is NOT about whether Gates is good, or rich, or generous, or bad or stingy. Geeeeeez!
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Please get 10.3 - it is so much better than Jaguar, it's like Jaguar was a beta version. And I loved Jaguar...