Software Update showed no outstanding items to install, but I wanted to be sure.įortunately, there’s a way to review your system upgrade history, though you may have never needed to dig it up before: However, I recently had a crash during an update that left me confused as to whether a security fix was installed or (based on errors) the whole thing had gone pear-shaped. Typically, the Software Update preference pane shows all updates available for your current release of macOS, and when installed, they disappear from the list.
While macOS upgrades should always proceed in a sequential fashion, sometimes things go awry.