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AutoUpdate for Mac is not working
- May 28, 2021
If you are seeing the Update Error (updates are temporarily unavailable) message in Microsoft AutoUpdate in Mac OS on MAU v4.35.21051700, please try executing the below commands in a terminal and check. This solution was shared by Microsoft support (Thank you Keno) and it worked for me.
launchctl stop /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
You may see errors for some of the commands, especially the unload cmd, but thats fine.After executing all the commands above open Microsoft AutoUpdate and click retry. Try clicking retry a few times, if it doesn't work the first time.
Hope this helps.
If you are seeing the Update Error (updates are temporarily unavailable) message in Microsoft AutoUpdate in Mac OS on MAU v4.35.21051700, please try executing the below commands in a terminal and check. This solution was shared by Microsoft support (Thank you Keno) and it worked for me.
launchctl stop /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
You may see errors for some of the commands, especially the unload cmd, but thats fine.
After executing all the commands above open Microsoft AutoUpdate and click retry. Try clicking retry a few times, if it doesn't work the first time.
Hope this helps.
- Hector_CaroselliDec 04, 2022Copper Contributor
chekinnetik 12/2022 This solution worked for me as well. After running the commands in Terminal it was necessary for me to go to System Preferences>General>Login Items and ensure it was okay for MS AutoUpdate to run in the background. After that, it worked fine.