Software Update Server Mirrors

[jeffburg]

I think its amazing that Apple's Software Update servers for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard are still up and running but unfortunately, they are no longer going for 10.3, 10.2, 10.1, etc. And while it is possible to just run the Combo Update for your version of Mac OS X and get mostly up to date, that doesn't update everything. There are always misc smaller updates like iTunes, Quicktime, Security updates, etc that are not included in the combo update. Does anyone know if anyone has created mirrors of these servers for use on older systems?

If no, is there anything we can do to mirror the 10.4/10.5/10.6 versions to protect them before their inevitable shutdown?

 

[fehervaria]

Are they available on the Wayback Machine?
If yes, you need to create a proxy script to reroute the original Apple URL to those files on Wayback Machine.

If you do that, please, share the proxy script.

Otherwise, I'm afraid it is not allowed to re-host these files because of Apple's legal properties.

 

[jeffburg]

Yeah. I suppose you are right. No one has done this out of fear of legal problems. But Apple always provided software update server with Mac OS X server so companies could host updates for their own Macs. Not to say that it’s legal to host these files. It is most likely probably not allowed by the Apple license.

that said, nothing to stop me from using a Mac is X 10.5 or 10.6 server from creating this mirror for myself.

i also found this open source project that replicates the software update server software with python scripts.

I might explore. https://github.com/wdas/reposado/blob/main/docs/getting_started.md