auto updatemacossoftware-update
Every now and then my Mac informs that there is an Update that needs a restart to install. Once I click on Details, there is a Button to install the update and restart. But once I click that one, there is a Download of more than a gig pending.
I would like to change this behaviour, such that the notification only appears when the Update is already downloaded. Is that possible? How can I achieve this?
Checking "Automatically keep my Mac up to date" doesn't seem to have any effect.
Coincidentally, FileHippo isn't necessary for the vast majority of those apps you listed. Tons of Mac OS X apps use a framework called Sparkle for self updating.
Don't download Sparkle, it won't do you any good. It's a developer tool intended to be added as part of the application's code. The point is that Sparkle (or some other self-updater) is already part of the application.
I don't personally know about CCleaner, DivX.
These apps "phone home" when you open them in order to determine if there is an update or not. If there is, you get a nice little dialog prompting you whether you want to update or not, and there is usually also a changelog to inform you of what's changed.
If you let it take it's course, the process begins:
And then you're done.
Yes, this is only one app at a time, but it only happens when you use it, which really is preferable IMO. Things that update versions automatically out from under you can really throw you off. At least with this process you know when it's happened.
I'm not sure exactly, but /Library/Receipts/ & especially the file in there called InstallHistory.plist would be a good place to start
Best Answer
You might need to check the boxes "Check for updates" and "Automatically download updates when available" for the download. Also, Check firewall options for allowing connections if denied.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/where-are-downloaded-software-updates-stored.1629444/ and as I too verified, updates are located in
Library/Updatesbefore install. You can verify if it is available for install or not.