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Can anyone explain why, as soon as Apple Update installs an update, it immediately phones home to see if there are available updates?
Is it because updates may cause other updates to be needed? Is it because Apple is so keen on updates that they want to be 100% sure you're up to date? Is it because there was an edge case 10 years ago that could only be fixed by doing a follow up check?
It's always bugged me.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I've used PSP since version 3. Corel has added nothing of use that wouldn't have been done better if they hadn't bought it out.
Hell, CorelDraw was cr@p, by comparison, and now the guys that produced that cr@p are in charge!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I stuck with V9 for ages, but... it didn't play nice with Aero under Win 7, so I reluctantly moved to X6.
And upgraded to X8 recently for a good offer from Corel (their discount structure is very odd).
But... it was so slow to load that I hadn't started using it much until today.
Bits are better than V9, bits are worse. Corel are very good at "add features, add bugs, make the UI worse" unfortunately...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Windows Update does the same thing in W10 - but thankfully, before the obligatory restart.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Apple is not the sole offender, in this.
We (as a group of more than twelve million professional computer users) need to define where the line is between update and upchuck.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: need to define where the line is between update and upchuck
+5
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Is it because updates may cause other updates to be needed?
That would be my guess. Windows does/did it for that reason certainly.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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They want to tell what you did last summer.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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SOLUTION:
The customer installed Google Drive and shared the files.
WeTransfer looked the easiest and most interesting of the answers given the customer profile.
OLD QUESTION:
I do have Google drive here, but the customer doesn't.
The customer is not tech savvy and he won't spend a € on a software solution to send that file.
What free and easy-to-use software would you recommend?
Even better if we don't have to install anything...
I have thought on setting up an ftp server which would be easy for me but not easy for the customer.
What would you use/do?
Thank you very much!
modified 19-May-16 11:33am.
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email
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Add an "Upload file" button somewhere on your website.
or choose one of these "free file hosting" sites: Google[^]
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Hi,
Did you tried the DAP software.
it support for ftp also.
thanks & Regards,
Venu
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Joan Murt wrote: I do have Google drive here, but the customer doesn't.
Have the customer sign up for a free Google account and *poof* - they too will have Google Drive.
If they have some paranoid Google fear - use DropBox.
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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Why not... let's see if he can install any software of this kind...
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No need to install anything. Both Google Drive and DropBox have a web interface.
That's what I do. I drink, and I know things. ~ Tyrion Lannister
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Thank you! 
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Actually I believe you can even share a folder via link on Google Drive.
So, you go and create a folder, share it via link. Email the link to the user and he can click the link and drop a file into your shared folder.
Even without user signing up for an account.
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That's what I thought...
But even I created a link to that newly created folder with the editing permission for anyone that has the link, the customer can't upload files there... super strange.
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That is odd. Error between keyboard and chair on customer's part maybe? 
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You're right. I tried it too. Must be a bug in Drive.
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Yes... strange but... Thank you for trying. 
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