All-In-One Mac Update Script 🍎🖥️

Inspired by the article Keeping MacOS Clean.

This Zsh script simplifies the process of updating all your macOS software directly from the Terminal. While it covers many updates, you may want to install mas to manage App Store applications.

Getting Started

Install Script as Alias for Repeat Use

To Download & Execute, Run the following command in your terminal:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/andmpel/MacOS-All-In-One-Update-Script/HEAD/install.sh | zsh

Manually Configuring Alias for Repeat Use

For easy access, copy the update-all.sh script to a directory included in your PATH. Here’s how:

USER_SCRIPTS="${HOME}/.local/bin"  # Modify as needed
cp ./update-all.sh $USER_SCRIPTS/update
chmod +x $USER_SCRIPTS/update

Now you can run the script anytime by simply typing update in your terminal.

Supported Updates

This script currently updates the following:

• 🍺 Homebrew formulas and casks (brew)
• 📚 Microsoft Office applications (msupdate)
• 🧑‍💻 VSCode extensions (code)
• 📦 Node Package Manager packages (npm)
• 💎 RubyGems (gem)
• 🧶 Yarn packages (yarn)
• 🐍 Python3 packages (pip)
• 🧶 Rust packages (cargo)
• 🔵 App Store applications (mas)
• 🖥 MacOS system updates and patches (softwareupdate)

Feel free to contribute or customize the script to suit your needs! Happy updating! 🎉