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I have Mac 11.6.6 on my iMac and got a message that there was an update available. I clicked on install and it stalled almost immediately. Then I quit Software Update and tried later. Now Software Update is stalled on "checking for updates" Spinning circle forever. What gives? Thanks
Restart the computer in How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support (CA)
and try again
Restart the computer in How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support (CA)
and try again
I opened the terminal and typed software update -/ and this came up:
[Mike-computer-4:~] michaelmundell% softwareupdate -/
softwareupdate: invalid option -- /
usage: softwareupdate <cmd> [<args> ...]
** Manage Updates:
-l | --list List all appropriate update labels (options: --no-scan, --product-types)
-d | --download Download Only
-i | --install Install
<label> ... specific updates
-a | --all All appropriate updates
-R | --restart Automatically restart (or shut down) if required to complete installation.
-r | --recommended Only recommended updates
--list-full-installers List the available macOS Installers
--fetch-full-installer Install the latest recommended macOS Installer
--full-installer-version The version of macOS to install. Ex: --full-installer-version 10.15
--install-rosetta Install Rosetta 2
--background Trigger a background scan and update operation
** Other Tools:
--dump-state Log the internal state of the SU daemon to /var/log/install.log
--evaluate-products Evaluate a list of product keys specified by the --products option
--history Show the install history. By default, only displays updates installed by softwareupdate.
--all Include all processes in history (including App installs)
** Options:
--no-scan Do not scan when listing or installing updates (use available updates previously scanned)
--product-types <type> Limit a scan to a particular product type only - ignoring all others
Ex: --product-types macOS || --product-types macOS,Safari
--products A comma-separated (no spaces) list of product keys to operate on.
--force Force an operation to complete. Use with --background to trigger a background scan regardless of "Automatically check" pref
--agree-to-license Agree to the software license agreement without user interaction.
--verbose Enable verbose output
--help Print this help
[Mike-computer-4:~] michaelmundell%
You are welcome 🇨🇦
Do come back to the Apple Support Communities ( ASC ) in the future, if / or when additional questions may arise
Have you tried to reboot?
Yes. I have restarted the computer, to no avail.
Check in About this Mac and was is it saying ?
Does it show Big Sur 11.6.7
No. 11.6.6, as I said in the post. I am trying to update to .7.
What is the output of the following Terminal command ?
softwareupdate -l
> Now Software Update is stalled on "checking for updates" Spinning circle forever.
Doing the update in safe-boot recently fixed this for me in Monterey.
softwareupdate -l
That as lower case L like in love
So I did that and the line came up" finding available software", then nothing more.
That did it. I was able to download the update in safe mode.
Thanks to you and Matt for your suggestions.
Software Update on my mac not working
