I have Mac that is not connected to the internet. I would still like to download and install security patches for it. Is there a way to download the updates to disc and install them offline?
VMware, macOS 12.6
You can download most updates Apple - Support - Downloads
Apple stopped providing individual update/patch downloads with macOS 10.15 Catalina. All Apple updates with macOS 11.x+ is done through the Software Update System Preferences/Settings.
There is a command line utility, "softwareupdate", which can download some macOS pieces, but I don't know if this applies to individual OS updates. See this article for some details and examples...while the article shows the option for installing updates, you can try replacing the "-i" for install, with "-d" for download only.
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/apple-mac-os-x-update-softwareupdate-bash-shell-command/
AFAIK, this is the only possible option.
That does not appear to be the case for macOS 12.
It won't return anything unless there are new updates available. If the Software Update System Preferences/Settings shows available updates, then it should theoretically show something. If not, then there is no way to gather those updates outside of the Software Update System Preferences/Settings app which get installed automatically.
Thank you very much. But for the record, this does not work with macOS 12, either. softwareupate -l returns no available software updates.
That requirement wasn't apparent from the original post.
Is there a way to download and install this security update offline?
