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Install macOS Updates Using the Command Line

DEV Community·dev_neil_a·6 months ago
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Introduction

Hi there. In this article, I'll be going over how you can install system updates for macOS via the command line. The updates that can be installed include security updates, Xcode tools updates, all the way to a new version of macOS.

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The first thing you'll need to do is open up a terminal app. This can be the default terminal app included with macOS, or it can be a third party app, such as iTerm2.…

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