Subcommands11 subcommands
softwareupdate -l
List all appropriate update labels
softwareupdate -d
Download Only
softwareupdate --list-full-installers
List the available macOS Installers
softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer
Install the latest recommended macOS Installer
softwareupdate --full-installer-version
The version of macOS to install
softwareupdate --install-rosetta
Install Rosetta 2
softwareupdate --background
Trigger a background scan and update operation
softwareupdate --dump-state
Log the internal state of the SU daemon to /var/log/install.log
softwareupdate --evaluate-products
Evaluate a list of product keys specified by the --products option
softwareupdate --history
Show the install history. By default, only displays updates installed by softwareupdate
OptionsOn softwareupdate itself
--no-scan
Do not scan when listing or installing updates (use available updates previously scanned)
--product-types
Limit a scan to a particular product type only - ignoring all others <type>
--products
A comma-separated (no spaces) list of product keys to operate on
--force
Force an operation to complete. Use with --background to trigger a background scan regardless of "Automatically check" pref
--agree-to-license
Agree to the software license agreement without user interaction
--verbose
Enable verbose output
--help-h
Show help for softwareupdate
