Check for updates
You can check for new updates using the Server app.
Select Updates in the Software Update pane.
Click the Action pop-up menu
, then choose Check for Updates.
Software Update offers you ways to manage Mac software updates from Apple on your network. In an uncontrolled environment, users might connect to Apple Software Update servers at any time and update their computers with software that isn’t approved by your IT group. Using local Software Update servers, your client computers access only the software updates you permit from software lists that you control, improving your ability to manage computer software updates. Use the Software Update pane of the Server app to enable or disable software updates, download and check for software updates, remove software updates, and view available software updates.
When you start Software Update, it contacts Apple’s Software Update server and requests a list of available software to download locally. You can download any packages in the list and make them available to users.
When you turn on your Software Update server, you choose automatic or manual mode. In automatic mode, your software updates are automatically downloaded and enabled for clients to install. When updates are no longer supported by Apple they’re automatically removed from your Software Update server (your server mirrors what’s available from Apple’s Software Update servers).
In manual mode, you choose which updates to download and enable for clients to install. The updates on your server are saved until you explicitly delete them.
Select Software Update in the Advanced services list.
Click Settings, then select Automatic or Manual.
In manual mode, you can set new updates to download automatically if you select the “Automatically download new updates” checkbox in the Updates pane.
You can check for new updates using the Server app.
Select Updates in the Software Update pane.
Click the Action pop-up menu , then choose Check for Updates.
When your Software Update server is in manual mode, you can choose to download updates or to download and enable updates. If you choose to download updates, the updates are downloaded to your Software Update server. To make the updates available to your clients for installation, you must enable them. For information about enabling or disabling updates, see “Enable or disable a software update.” If you choose to download and enable, the updates are downloaded to your Software Update server and enabled for your clients to install.
Select Updates in the Software Update pane.
From the list of updates, select the updates you want to download.
Click the Action pop-up menu , then choose Download or Download and Enable.
You can enable or disable software updates on your software update server using the Server app. When you enable updates, they’re available to your clients for downloading and installing from your software update server. If you disable updates, the updates might be downloaded to your server, but won’t be available to your clients to install.
Select Updates In the Software Update pane.
From the list of updates, select the update or updates you want to enable or disable.
Click the Action pop-up menu , then choose Enable or Disable.
You can remove software updates from your Software Update server using the Server app.
Select Updates In the Software Update pane.
From the list of updates, select the update you want to remove.
Click the Action pop-up menu , then choose Remove.
You can view the details of an update using the Server app.
Select Updates In the Software Update pane.
From the list of updates, select the update you want to view.
Double-click the selected update or click the Action pop-up menu , then choose View Update.