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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">OK, it looks like in Composer 7 there is a prebuilt environment tab that saves all of your packages and I am able to just create separate ilife installs off of that tab?</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Sorry for the hand holding today,</font><br><br><br>___________________________<BR>Thomas Larkin<BR>TIS Department<BR>KCKPS USD500<BR><a href="mailto:tlarki@kckps.org">tlarki@kckps.org</a><BR>blackberry: 913-449-7589<BR>office: 913-627-0351<BR><BR><BR><BR><br><br>>>> "Thomas Larkin" <tlarki@kckps.org> 02/26/09 12:03 PM >>><br> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Well,</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Can't I just make one package all together, then edit it in composer and chop it up into several ones?  I think that is how I did it before hand.  also, i like running the updates so I don't have to create more policies and have more policy logs in my JSS database.  My database is already huge enough.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">If there is one thing I learned from the CCA training when I went, is it is best to do the leg work up front, instead of having a billion policies running in the after math.  </font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">So, I can just create one giant package and use Composer's edit function to chop it up right?  Then just add each individual one in Casper Admin and I am good to go?</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">I think it is starting to come back to me, but I can't remember 100% so maybe I am not getting that old just yet.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Thanks,</font><br><br><br>___________________________<br>Thomas Larkin<br>TIS Department<br>KCKPS USD500<br><a href="mailto:tlarki@kckps.org">tlarki@kckps.org</a><br>blackberry:  913-449-7589<br>office:  913-627-0351<br><br><br><br><br><br>>>> "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS@uwec.edu> 02/26/09 11:55 AM >>><br> </p>
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Maybe I’m lazy, or someone has an opinion about it, but for anything that would normally update from Apple and an update server I package the base install and let software update do the rest with policies. =)<br><br>But I can see wanting to make sure the most current stuff is there. I think iLife is an easier package to clean out the garbage anyway.<br><br>Craig E<br><br><br>On 2/26/09 11:38 AM, "Thomas Larkin" <<a href="tlarki@kckps.org">tlarki@kckps.org</a>> wrote:<br><br> </p>
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It is still creating right now.  I did a full iLife 08 install and then ran system update to get the updates and composer is now compiling everything into one package.  I think want to split them up into separate packages afterward.  I remember doing this last year, but that was a year ago...  My memory is typically pretty good but I am failing on this scenario.  Must be that I am finally getting old?<br> </p>
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___________________________<br>Thomas Larkin<br>TIS Department<br>KCKPS USD500<br><a href="tlarki@kckps.org">tlarki@kckps.org</a><br>blackberry:  913-449-7589<br>office:  913-627-0351<br><br><br><br><br><br>>>> "Ernst, Craig S." <<a href="ERNSTCS@uwec.edu">ERNSTCS@uwec.edu</a>> 02/26/09 11:25 AM >>><br>    <br> <br> <br><br> You can also break out the other resources per application to keep it trimmer. So items in Library/Application Support/iDVD, iMovie,iPhoto, etc.<br><br>The iDVD themes are about 800MB on their own. So Do what Sean has here, and if you want to go a step further bundle the support files with the individual applications as well.<br><br>Craig E<br><br><br>On 2/26/09 10:52 AM, "<a href="sean.hansell@jwt.com">sean.hansell@jwt.com</a>" <<a href="sean.hansell@jwt.com">sean.hansell@jwt.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>      <br> <br> <br> </p>
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               <br><br> <br> The quickest and easiest way to do this is to create the Composer package with all the apps installed, and simply pull out the Applications themselves, build and deploy them as seperate packages.<br><br>Your required package would contain all the core files and inital preferences.<br><br>Your other packages would simply contain /Applications/iPhoto.app/ and iWeb.app, etc.<br><br><img src="cid:QCATIZLSONVN.IMAGE_2.jpeg"><br>        <br> <br> <br> </p>
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