Sep 18, 2014 Most applications in OS X are opened by using a graphical approach like mouse click actions or services like Spotlight; however, you can also open applications using the OS X Terminal. This might seem unnecessary, but it can have its uses. For instance, I have a Mac Mini running the third-party media center software “XBMC” on it. Jul 20, 2017 If you get fed up watching the progress bar crawl along when updating your Mac to a new version of macOS, a Reddit thread has a useful hint to speed things up: using a Terminal.
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Surely you mean Security Update. Correct me if I am wrong.
Nope, He means softwareupdate.
Run software update from system preferences.
After the update is installed, just open a terminal and
type %softwareupdate or %man softwareupdate
Run software update from system preferences.
After the update is installed, just open a terminal and
type %softwareupdate or %man softwareupdate
excellent, i can update my mac remotely ;-))
In the GUI updater, you can select to save the update package before you install it. That's handy for archiving the updates to CD, or for installing on multiple computers while saving download time.
I wonder if there's even a hidden option to do that with the softwareupdate tool? It'd be a nice touch for the next rev, anyway...
I wonder if there's even a hidden option to do that with the softwareupdate tool? It'd be a nice touch for the next rev, anyway...
man pages don't say anything about saving updates. This is a feature I use a lot and would liketo find a way to do this. Wonder if we could pipe it to a tar archive or something after it has completed installing?
You can do it with .pkg installers before they start too
Mac Terminal Update Python
You can look at what files a .pkg installer like the apple software updates (if you download them before installing) are going to install before they start too.
I think the option only becomes avaliable after you have oked the License though but then you can go to File:Show Files and it will give you a text listing of everthing it is going to install and in what folders on your drive (only saw this last week too, so I do not know how long it has been there).
I think the option only becomes avaliable after you have oked the License though but then you can go to File:Show Files and it will give you a text listing of everthing it is going to install and in what folders on your drive (only saw this last week too, so I do not know how long it has been there).
Anyone have any easy way of installing from .pkg files from the terminal?
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McMaster University - Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
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man install I think...
As several users have already pointed out, you can perform software updates in the command line with the command On the other hand, the Software Update program allows you to save to disk the update you're downloading by choosing 'Install and keep' instead of just 'Install'. Although does not list any similar options in the CLI utility, shows an additional option not mentioned in the man page, namely -d: I've tried it several times and on several computers (all running 10.3.3). It always dies at 50% of progress with a 'Bus error'. The package, however, seems to be downloaded in full, only it's kept in the /tmp/ directory, and not moved to the download folder. Has anybody gotten this option to work? Cheers,
Artemio Gonzalez
I've had the same problem (and the same solution - to look in /tmp) since Panther came out. And this was with an archive & install.
I though it might have been my preferences for the download directory. As there is no longer an Internet Config, I changed the download directory both in Safari and in IE. It made no difference. I also changed it from a folder on my second (data) drive to my desktop (on the main drive) thinking it might be a problem going across drives. Still no difference.
And then I just gave up.
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David
I though it might have been my preferences for the download directory. As there is no longer an Internet Config, I changed the download directory both in Safari and in IE. It made no difference. I also changed it from a folder on my second (data) drive to my desktop (on the main drive) thinking it might be a problem going across drives. Still no difference.
And then I just gave up.
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David