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1. #Mac check for updates terminal update#
2. #Mac check for updates terminal code#
3. #Mac check for updates terminal trial#

#Mac check for updates terminal update#

The reason for quitting System Preferences & setting software update to off is because of how 10.10 caches the defaults system.

Sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ AutoUpdateRestartRequired -bool YES Sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ AutomaticCheckEnabled -bool YES Osascript -e "tell application \"System Preferences\" to quit" If criticalupdateinstallcopy = true then do shell script "softwareupdate -i -install -r"ĭo shell script "rm –Rf ~/Desktop/" Set criticalupdateinstallcopy to value of property list item "CriticalUpdateInstall" If configdatainstallcopy = true then do shell script "softwareupdate -i -install -a" Set configdatainstallcopy to value of property list item "ConfigDataInstall" If automaticdownloadcopy = true then do shell script "softwareupdate -d" Set automaticdownloadcopy to value of property list item "AutomaticDownload" If automaticcheckenabledcopy = true then do shell script "softwareupdate -l" Set automaticcheckenabledcopy to value of property list item "AutomaticCheckEnabled" Set myfile to "/Library/preferences/"ĭo shell script "cp -r " & sourcepath's quoted form & " ~/Desktop/"ĭo shell script "plutil -convert xml1 /Users/touchdown/Desktop/" Then if each of the variables are TRUE get softwareupdate to perfrom that action to checking, downloading and installing of updates and copy them to other variables. Then take each variable of the file that is used to store choices the user makes as tell finder to read the file and copy it to a variable. though the user is entitled to make any edits as required Copyright Dawson 2015 all rights and copy rights will be retained by me at all times For some reason OS X Yosemite does not do this for all people

Apple script to check for Updates in OS X Yosemite. The script get's the settings from the ones you set in app store settings(screen shot above) I tried everything I could think of so finally wrote a script to do so which I then add to a calendar reminder so that on that day/time the script will run triggering the checks. it would only do so if I did it manually. I had a problem whereby OS X Yosemite would not check for updates on t's own.

#Mac check for updates terminal code#

It still needs some work, as in it could be shortened a bit plus some of the code could be technically better but it works. I have just written an Applescript that will do just what you are asking.

Create my distribution file with all necessary filesĪlternately, you could simply copy the file from /LibraryPreferences from the source computer (after configuration) and paste it on your target machine in the same location. (please note that the /tmp directory as seen above is one that I created in the "Packages" application)ģ. Sudo cp -av /tmp/ "" /Library/Preferences

Create a shell script with the following command: Configure the App Store preferences as neededĢ. In either case, here's what I did with moderate success (please note that I'm using a piece of software called "Packages" that builds distribution files):ġ. I tried reasoning that whatever configuration was set in the App Store preferences, those changes would be subsequently written to the file.Īfter getting the App Store preferences set, I decided to take a peek into the plist file and noticed that some of the settings were configured while others simply were not present.

#Mac check for updates terminal trial#

I had some success but it was through trial and error.