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How can I list all updates installed on Mac OS X?

Renan
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Marcin Obel
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  • The way updates are recorded has changed considerably between versions of OS X; both of the answers I see os far apply to Snow Leopard (10.6), so if you're concerned with another version, please specify. – Gordon Davisson Oct 28 '10 at 17:06

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The list of all installed updates is located in /Library/Receipts/InstallHistory.plistif you don't want to use the Software Update preference pane.

Madison S
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  • includes lots of additional software installed (or not) in addition to the stuff managed by the OS. –  Oct 28 '10 at 18:07
  • There's also `/var/db/receipts/`, which contains plist and bom files for most of the entries in `InstallHistory.plist`. – Lri Aug 06 '12 at 15:21
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System Prefs > Software Update > Installed Software.

Sort by date.

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Open the System Information application which can be found in /Applications/Utilities. Then go to Software -> Installations and there you have it.

This solution works on old and new versions of OS X (I've tested it on 10.8.2).

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Use the following command:

/usr/sbin/system_profiler SPInstallHistoryDataType

Which is the command line alternative to "System Profile"

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Do not rely on AppStore to tell you if you have the latest updates installed. It will lie to you.

Open the Terminal application and type the following and hit enter:

softwareupdate --history

Shows the Mac OS install history, including updates. By default, only displays updates installed by softwareupdate. To see all installs including Applications type the following and hit enter:

softwareupdate --history --all

Not sure if this works on older MacOS releases, but it works for High Sierra as of 10.13.4.

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