software update - have you reverted?

[newfoundglory]

I can't stand the MAS any more!!!!!

 

[Comeagain?]

How did you get that back?

 

[ac3320]

The MAS does suck big A. Apple really got retarded on us with like twelve "stores" for which to find/purchase digital content. One has to ask themselves, "Should I get this [random digital thingy] on the iTunes Store, the Apple Online Store App, or the Mac App Store?" So stupid.

But yeah, how did you get the old school software update back? I used Pacifist to simultaneously run AirPort Utility 6.0 and 5.6.6.6.6. or whatever it was, and life is sweet. Note that I cannot get Back to My Mac to work on ML DP3 w/o using AirPort Utility 6.0.

 

[PurrBall]

I was able to launch it from my Lion install and it worked fine, so I'm assuming this is what you did?

 

[newfoundglory]

Yeah!

 

[Fishrrman]

"I was able to launch it from my Lion install and it worked fine"

Where does one go to find it on the Lion install volume?

 

[shurcooL]

the Apple Online Store App

What is that, and what digital things can you buy there?

 

[newfoundglory]

"I was able to launch it from my Lion install and it worked fine"

Where does one go to find it on the Lion install volume?

Its in /System/Library/CoreServices

 

[Aidoneus]

The Mac App Store is great. I much prefer being able to bring my Mac entirely up to date with just a single click.

Of all the changes Mountain Lion brings, this is the one that I am least able to understand criticism of.

 

[JangoFett124]

I'm just not fond of the fact that I have to open something called a store to update components that I'm not buying/haven't bought. It seems counter-intuitive.

 

[Aidoneus]

It's where you buy Mountain Lion from.

 

[JangoFett124]

It's where you buy Mountain Lion from.

What if the OS came with my computer? What about obscure updates to components like Java updates and the likes?

 

[newfoundglory]

The Mac App Store is great. I much prefer being able to bring my Mac entirely up to date with just a single click.

Of all the changes Mountain Lion brings, this is the one that I am least able to understand criticism of.

Why when you get half way through a MAS download can't you cancel? You can't even close the MAS without a force-quit, and then worse, your download will fail from that point on as the MAS thinks it download the whole file and tries to install it... Apple I demand you bring back the STOP button!!!!!

 

[PurrBall]

I'm just not fond of the fact that I have to open something called a store to update components that I'm not buying/haven't bought. It seems counter-intuitive.

You get free apps from the App Store too. Same thing.

 

[gumblecosby]

Ok, im bumping this thread because I want to know if it is possible to use the old Software Update instead of the App store when clicking software update in the Apple menu.

I copied Lions Software Update to the /System/Library/CoreServices in my Mountain Lion partition. It works, as you can see from my picture, just not from the Apple menu.