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At what location the 3rd party sofware updtates are downloaded?

This is a trivia question for me and always was. Where are the update are getting installed. Sometimes I see them in download folder, but its very seldom. Many times questions pop up open and install. So after the update there all the updates located, I don't see any.


Maybe this time I will get lucky and find the answer. Thanks.

iMac 27", macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 26, 2019 6:44 PM

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Posted on Dec 26, 2019 7:11 PM

If it doesn't go into the downloads folder, it is probably stored in a temporary directory (there are several).

They could also store them in an Application Support directory if they choose to manage the purge themselves.

There is no single answer to your question.

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At what location the 3rd party sofware updtates are downloaded?

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