![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re using a caching server, 500MB gets downloaded from Apple and the other 24.5GB are downloaded from your server, making the most of your faster network speeds and reducing the amount data downloaded from the Internet. ![]() If you have 50 Macs and each one of those devices has to connect to Apple’s servers over the Internet to download the update, that’s 25GB of data downloaded directly from Apple using a connection that is much slower than your private network. Think of it this way: It’s Monday morning and Apple has released a new OS update that is 500MB in size. What this means, practically speaking, is that instead of making all the Mac and iOS devices in your network run out over the Internet to download and update content from Apple’s servers, you can host those updates on your servers, which makes for faster updates and less external bandwidth usage. ( You’ll find a full list of supported content and supported Mac and iOS versions and country restrictions here.)Īpple’s Server app can be configured to cache and update apps and other Apple software for all the devices on your network. It caches all software updates, App Store purchases, iBook downloads, iTunes U downloads (apps and books purchases only), and Internet Recovery software that local Mac and iOS devices download. ![]() …speeds up the download of software distributed by Apple through the Internet. ![]()
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