Sorry, looks like we might be talking across purposes here. Just in case: There are updates, and then there are the installers. If you want an installer to build your offline installer drive, you’ll need to redownload the whole thing, as an app, each time you want it. You won’t see that in Updates, but you can search for and grab it. Ever since Mike’s demonstration of the recovery drive method, I’ve decided to switch to that method, because the rest of the drive you build can still be used for other things, and you don’t need to refresh that quite so often, even though it does mean you need to download the entire OS for every machine at the time of installation on each Mac. Use “Recovery Disk Assistant” to do that, without downloading anything at all from the App Store. The resulting recovery image can download the OS from Apple, including across a Wi-Fi network which, thankfully, can now be joined accessibly.
If you want updates to your running OS, you get them from the Updates tab, and download either delta or combo updates of an appropriate (but still large, IMO) size. Those updates can otherwise be had from Apple Support Downloads. So, if you want to build your drive, fetch the app. If you want to update your system, get the updates. If you install the installer app, be aware that the Updates section will not show it as an available update, when Apple updates it; only the OS is updated. In no case will you learn the size of any update or app you download; you’ll have to go looking for that information on each update’s or app’s detail page, and even then you are not guaranteed an accurate reading. Apple made a stupid usability mistake by not showing the information from plain sight on the Mac App Store Updates page. While downloading, either on the Updates or Purchases page, you will find the actual download sizes. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
