Mac Software Update Via Terminal. If you get fed up watching the progress bar crawl along when updating your Mac to a new version of macOS a. Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu then click Software Update to check for updates.
Its a lot easier and if you like using the Terminal chance are youll come across it again in the future. How to apply OS X software updates from the command line. This command requires admin authentication for all commands ie.
This command will download the most recent version of macOS depositing it in your Applications folder.
However you can install Dmitry Rodionovs mas utility to add this functionality to your command line. While the App Store makes OS installations easy and. The biggest use for this software in my opinion is installing updates. If you have ignored the MacOS Catalina upgrade you can also continue to selectively install specific software updates via Mac Software Update.