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# Avoid The Mac App Store via The Terminal
- URL: https://starikov.co/macos-software-update/
- Published: 2017-06-17T07:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-13T07:23:46.000Z
- Author: Illya Starikov
- Tags: Technology, #u-color-bg-tag-accent, #u-color-text-dark

I avoid the Mac App Store as much as possible. It's buggy. It's slow. Apps are getting pulled from it left and right. But I couldn't avoid it permanently because of software updates. As macOS Sierra 10.12 rolled out, I clicked on the App Store, followed by updates, and...

I couldn't get the updates page to open. Killed App Store. Restarted computer. Everything.

After doing some [research](https://www.google.com/search?q=terminal+update+software&ref=starikov.co), I discovered there's a way to update software from the terminal: `softwareupdate`. So, after running one command (`sudo softwareupdate -iv`), I'm writing this from the latest version of macOS Sierra.