Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

Apple uses Akamai to distribute developer downloads. Perhaps the real reason for all the slowness (which happens every single year) is simply that Apple’s own servers are the chokepoint. It makes sense that Apple would need the use of its own servers for App Store downloads because each downlo

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

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 > wrote: > > I wou

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

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

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

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

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

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,

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

Hello, I just got done downloading. And I'm going to stay at roughly took me an hour. > On Oct 1, 2015, at 2:47 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

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

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 wr

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

i did download perfectly here from gold master copy. > On 01 Oct 2015, at 4:33 AM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > Hi, > > Jonathon, it’s a different build. Try option-clicking the download button and > see if that helps. > >> On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Jonathan Mosen > > w

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

Hi, Jonathon, it’s a different build. Try option-clicking the download button and see if that helps. > On Sep 30, 2015, at 9:03 PM, Jonathan Mosen 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. > Jo

Re: Upgrading to the released version of El Capitin.

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 wrote: > > All, > > Tr