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By Abhishek Ghosh July 7, 2017 12:35 pm Updated on July 7, 2017

MacOS X Command Line Software Update & Disk Utility

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Commonly we configure Mac with HomeBrew, iTerm2 and Oh My ZSH for installation of command line and other packages. There are existing commands for MacOS X for the works we perform via GUI. Utilizing MacOS X command line software update & disk utility makes performing day to day computer management works easy, fast, informative. We have collected the commands all over the web, of course original source is Apple.

MacOS X Command Line Software Update Disk Utility

 

MacOS X Command Line Software Update & Disk Utility Commands

 

To see all the available commands for Software Update, run :

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softwareupdate -h

To read the manual page for Software Update, run :

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man softwareupdate

List of available software updates with the following command :

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softwareupdate -l

It will give output like :

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Software Update Tool
 
Finding available software
Software Update found the following new or updated software:
   * 091-00008-3.3
EPSON Printer Software Update (3.3), 25382K [recommended]

Install the above example’s update :

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sudo softwareupdate -i 091-00008-3.3

It will give output like :

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Software Update Tool
 
 
Downloading EPSON Printer Software Update
Downloaded EPSON Printer Software Update
Installing EPSON Printer Software Update

We can install only recommended updates :

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sudo softwareupdate -irv

We can install only update for specific software (example given above) :

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sudo softwareupdate -i package-name-version

We can only ignore one but update all others : -–ignore flag, for example:

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sudo softwareupdate --ignore package-name-version

To read the manual for Disk Utility, run :

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man diskutil

List all :

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diskutil list

You’ll get something like :

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/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage Macintosh HD            499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
 
/dev/disk1 (internal, virtual):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           +498.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 ZXCVBNMLKF-XXX-YYYY-AAA-QWERTYUIIOP
                                 Unencrypted
 
/dev/disk3 (disk image):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        +3.2 GB     disk3
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk3s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS SynfigStudio            2.9 GB     disk3s2

If external device is mounted and needs unmounting run :

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sudo diskutil unmountDisk /dev/<number>

Disk utility can verify volume, repair, check backups etc. We are not showing them as they are less needed and you’ll get them on manual.

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About This Article

Title: MacOS X Command Line Software Update & Disk Utility
July 7, 2017
Author: Abhishek Ghosh
Subjects: Apple, Computer and Internet
Is Part Of:

TheCustomizeWindows, July 7, 2017, Vol.1(01),
p.1–39075 [IoT Ready Journal]

Source:The Customize Windows
ISSN: 0019-5847 ;
E-ISSN: 0019-5847 ;
Publisher: jima.in

Cite this article as: Abhishek Ghosh, "MacOS X Command Line Software Update & Disk Utility," in The Customize Windows, July 7, 2017, April 20, 2018, https://thecustomizewindows.com/2017/07/macos-x-command-line-software-update-disk-utility/.
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