On 2009-11-20 13:25:42 +0000, Ben Shimmin  said:

> James Jolley :
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Quite. It seems the OP is looking for some sort of argument, look at
>> how he's trying with Jim. Either way, SU is fine as it is, it's not
>> difficult to configure when it should check for updates via the system
>> pref. The option to download automatically is next to the schedule
>> dropdown. It should be unticked. Talk about not bothering to even look
>> at the basic UI design of OS X, it's all more or less the same style.
> 
> I think, in the specific case of what he's trying to do,
> Software Update won't let him -- he wants to download an update,
> store it somewhere, and then install it later (perhaps on multiple
> machines).  This seems like a perfectly valid thing to want to do,
> if you ask me.
> 
> Fortunately you can still do this via the command line, which I
> would personally be totally comfortable with, but that isn't
> ideal for most normal users (though whether most normal users would
> wish to store updates for later installation or multiple deployment
> is somewhat doubtful).
> 
> b.

I suppose so. I'm perfectly fine with the command line, but there is a 
support site with all of this on.