How to update macOS to latest release of current version?

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  •  01-06-2021
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Question

I am on Catalina 10.15.3 and do not want to move to Big Sur just yet. Software Update does have the option to update to Big Sur but I am unable to determine how to do just a minor point update. How do I install the latest update of Catalina?

Update From a comment by @jefe2000 I am trying the command line version and it seems promising.

$/usr/sbin/softwareupdate -l
Software Update Tool

Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
* Label: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Update- 
    Title: macOS Catalina 10.15.7 Update, Version:  , Size: 5099042K, Recommended: YES, Action: restart,

But what is the actual label? I was unable to get this to work and have created a separate question for it. Unable to install an update via the softwareupdate command line tool

Was it helpful?

Solution

Download and install the Catalina 10.15.7 Combo Update from Apple.

OTHER TIPS

The command line version of the macOS software update — /usr/sbin/softwareupdate — has the capability to ignore specified updates. The --ignore command line option performs the functionality.

From the sofwareupdate man page:

--ignore identifier ...
    Manages the per-machine list of ignored updates.
    The identifier is the first part of the item name (before
    the dash and version number) that is shown by --list.

Using this, you could tell the software updater to ignore the Big Sur updates and install any other available updates.

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