This is really useful for remotely updating Macs, setting up automated updates via a bash script, or if you just want to geek out. If you want to see all the available command line shortcuts for Software Update, just type: softwareupdate -h
If there are any updates you want to ignore, you can do so with the –ignore flag, for example: sudo softwareupdate -ignore iWeb3.0.2-3.0.2 Or you can just install specific software updates by specifying the shorthand package name from the previous list, like so: sudo softwareupdate -i iPhoneConfigurationUtility-3.2 You can also install only the recommended updates with: sudo softwareupdate -irv Installing & Ignoring Specific Software Updates to Mac from Terminal of OS X How To Rename a Local and Remote Git Branch
