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Reset OS X Software Update server

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Mar 15, 202648774 views
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Problem

My Software Update is broken. I had tried to set it to update from my OS X server (server.local) (instead of pulling from Apple) to save bandwidth, but was never able to get it working. Now when I run Software Update, I get: The Software Update Server (server.local) is not responding. Check to make…

Error Output

defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL "http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/index-1.sucatalog"

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Fix for: Reset OS X Software Update server

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Deleting should be all you need, but it's possible that the settings lives in as well or even via MCX (Managed Client for Mac OS X). You can check the MCX settings by running

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