Software Update Old Macbook. Global Nav Open Menu Global Nav Close Menu. Apples old Software Update icon may be nostalgic but its still pretty handy in your Macs Dock.
Go to Software Update in System Preferences to find macOS Big Sur. In Mojave Apple changed the route users take to download a macOS Software Updates. Open System Preferences you can click on the Apple logo in the menu to find it.
Instead of looking for iOS software updates on your Mac manually and making decisions about what files you want to delete or leave untouched you can take advantage of CleanMyMac X.
These changes were made in OS X Yosemite so if youre running an older version of OS X see the Installing Updates in Legacy OS X Versions Step 2 Click the Updates tab. Heres how to bring it back. Restart the Mac while holding the OptionAlt key. Click on Software Update.