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Re:macOS Big Sur by ksec on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:10PM (#25073606)
Exactly the same. 15 Hours Remaining. And I have an 1Gbps Internet connection.

I dont understand why. It seems macOS update and iOS update dont share the same CDN infrastructure. Could someone comment on possible reasons why that is the case?

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Re:macOS Big Sur by snazz on Thursday November 12, 2020 @02:56PM (#25074122)
Apple uses Akamai for Apple Music, so I wonder why that doesn't work for macOS updates. I guess they never felt the need to invest in serious CDN infrastructure for Mac updates since it's a smaller user base?
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Re:macOS Big Sur by ksec on Friday November 13, 2020 @06:47AM (#25081302)
They were on Akamai and Limestone before, but some years ago they began using their CDN for live event streaming and iOS App Downloads. ( They were very late to their own CDN when I was actively following it. ) Not sure if the three are kept intact.

Still no reason not to use their own CDN infrastructure of macOS. And 110M Mac users aren't exactly a small number either.

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