How to unhide software update in high sierra?

Just to be more specific. If you have set an update to be ignored (hidden) and now want to change that, open Terminal and use the following command:

softwareupdate --reset-ignored

to enable all ignored upates.

To list available updates you can use:

softwareupdate -l

you can also add system and security updates with the --include-config-data option like:

softwareupdate -l --include-config-data

To install all available updates run:

softwareupdate -ia

Can also make sure that system and security updates are included using:

softwareupdate -ia --include-config-data

Finally with:

softwareupdate --help

the softwareupdate will give you all it's magic.

Good luck and have good evening everyone.

I had the same exact problem and here's how I fixed it:

After you launch the App Store, you have to immediately go to 'Store' in the menu and select "Show All Software Updates." It's only there for like 2 seconds. I'm not sure if this is a bug or what, but it's weird.

Hi,

Open Terminal and run following command:

softwareupdate --reset-ignored

The terminal method worked: softwareupdate --reset-ignored

thanks.

None of the other methods in this thread worked.

Open your Account settings in App Store -- Link is in Quick Links section, or Store menu, View My Account.

Under "Hidden Items" click the "Manage" link.

If you failed to install an OS update and now cannot see it, I would suggest downloading the full installer and running it over the existing installation. The User Account will stay in place. It does not take much longer than the update.

Note that after the installation, the installer is deleted, so if you want to keep a copy for other purposes, do so before running it and give the copy another name.

https://support.apple.com/macos/high-sierra

Well ye, unfortunately I can’t test this in Sierra cause I don’t have it any more.

But the link and then download High Sierra installer, upgrade your system should get you out of troubles.

After that you should be receiving info about all further updates automatically when they become available.

That suggests there's no hint anywhere that any updates have, in fact, been ignored.

It is possible that the update isn't relevant to your Mac anymore. Each successive update usually contains the changes made by other updates. So, if another update installed the changes that your hidden update contained, it would obviate the need to install the previous update.

Yes, that's what my system shows as well, that means there are no ignored updates. So probably guys are right that it looks like there are no other relevant updates available for your version of macOS.

To check what updates exactly you have installed on your system go  (hold ⌥ option) > System Information... scroll down to Software > Installations and sort the list by date so you have the latest on top.

Then you could also check updates available from Apple - Support - Downloads and compare with list of Apple security updates at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222

Here you go: Hide and unhide Mac apps

this didn't work for me. All I see is "check for unfinished downloads" in place of "show all updates" , I've tried selecting that option, no luck. I tried checking the menu immediately after launching the app, no luck.

I previously hid an incremental update to high sierra and want to see it. Cant get it back it seems. The irony is this bug may be fixed in the very update I hid! ha

The Terminal command softwareupdate --reset-ignored does not work for me. It merely returns this:

Ignored updates:

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That suggests there's no hint anywhere that any updates have, in fact, been ignored. As I've already said, there's no menu command to restore those updates, and other Terminal commands suggested here and in other places haven't worked. (I am trying to re-access the High Sierra update. There may be other ways to get it, but I want this to work and am puzzled as to why it doesn't. The functionality seems to have been completely removed or blocked.) Thanks again.

That's a good thought, but I'm afraid that can't be it. The ignored update is for High Sierra, and I'm still running Sierra. As I said, there's other ways to get High Sierra, but I want this to work, and I don't see why it doesn't. Thanks for replying.

Thanks for all of that, but my problem is much simpler. I'm running Sierra. Some time ago, I hid the update for High Sierra, and now I can't unhide it. There is no menu choice in Software Update to do that, and no Terminal command works. This is a bug, and a fairly recent one. The unhide functionality seems to have been removed entirely. Apple has been ignoring all our complaints. Thanks again.

Yes, the link works. I know there are other ways to get to the High Sierra update, but what I'm trying to do is get Software Update to work the way it's supposed to. Apple seems unconcerned about fixing this and, from what I've seen here, Apple has removed the unhide feature in Sierra.