Updating Mac - bringing the system up to date

Over time, every system needs updates. This provides many years of protection. It also allows you to add new features that improve or enhance the use of your Mac in a useful way. That's why you should update your Mac regularly.

Advantages of Updates

By updating your data regularly, you can keep the system fresh. This way, various system bugs are fixed and fatal security holes are closed. It also adds additional features that make it easier to use. If you never update your system, it will be prone to errors and complications. You can download and run the updates both manually and automatically. It is advised to let the update data download in the background. This will save you time and you won't have to pick everything out manually.

How to update your Mac?

1. Navigate to your Apple bar. Via the Apple icon, now go to the item "System Update".
2. You will see a listing with various updates. Here you should check whether a system-relevant update from Apple is there.
3. Select the "Update" function. Nun werden Updates installiert.
4. Wollen Sie diesen Vorgang nicht länger manuell tun, dann sei geraten, die Daten automatisch aktualisieren zu lassen.
5. Navigieren Sie dafür über Ihr Dock zu den Systemeinstellungen.
6. Hier wählen Sie den Reiter „App Store“ aus.
7. Setzen Sie einen Haken bei „Automatisch nach Updates suchen“, um immer über jedes neue Update informiert zu werden.