is there a way to see recently installed updates?

Mountain Lion changed the location - a bit harder to find, but still available:

Go to the Apple, click on about this Mac, then on more info > System Report. Scroll down to Software > Installations and you'll find your software updates listed there.

Updates are available from the App Store only if the apps were originally downloaded directly for there.

You'll see a red badge on the App Store icon in your Dock when updates area available.

Or, open the App Store. top of the the window in the menu you'll see Updates.

If there are any avaiilable, there will be a badge on that icon also.

Apple changed the Software Update pane in System Preferences > Software Update.

Not sure where you can view installed updates now.

There have not been any updates for MLion since it came out yesterday. v10.8 is current.

Well, checking in that location wouldn't show anything for me since I don't have either; so, do you a) have a 2012 machine and b) when you invoked Software Update/checked Updates at MAS - was that an update that was offered or is it being offered now? If it's not offered now, then you either have it or your machine doesn't need it.

I would only download/install system or firmware updates that are being offered automatically - MAS reads and knows your machine, so it knows what it needs (or not).

You can see installed items chronologically earliest to latest.

Copy and paste the following command into your open Terminal application:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print" /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist | more

VikingOSX wrote:

/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print" /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plist | more

Why? That just lists some of the plist's contents. | more isn't required to get the entire list. Additionally, it carries all the plist formatting along. Simpler to just drag it from /Library/Receipts/ onto TextEdit, if that's what you want. That said, the System Information.app->Software->Installations gives you a sortable listing of those updates installed, which is cleaner than perusing the plist file.

babowa wrote:

Well, checking in that location wouldn't show anything for me since I don't have either; so, do you a) have a 2012 machine and b) when you invoked Software Update/checked Updates at MAS - was that an update that was offered or is it being offered now? If it's not offered now, then you either have it or your machine doesn't need it.

I would only download/install system or firmware updates that are being offered automatically - MAS reads and knows your machine, so it knows what it needs (or not).

I have a 13" MBP retina. When I checked software update, it's not offered as an update. Additionally, I've read elsewhere that the 10.8.2. build number changes after the update is installed, and my build number is 12C2034 (i.e. no update has occurred). I've also checked in the Installations report, and it's not listed there. So a part of me still wonders if this is something that is manually installed.

Thanks, that's great. Now how do you find out if you have this Mac Update 2.0 installed or not:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1609

I have this question too

I also have the same question about finding out which updates have been installed.

Thanks for reminding me of the elegance in the System Information > Software > Installations report.

Well, I said that I would not download that type of update unless it was offered, so hopefully someone else will chime in here with a different opinion. I'd probably call Apple and check with them.

andrew.in.Boston wrote:

So a part of me still wonders if this is something that is manually installed.

DL and try installing it. AFAIK, if it's not required, the installer will let you know.