“Available Software Updates Have Changed” Error on Mac, & How to Fix It

Some Mac customers could sometimes expertise a peculiar error when trying to carry out a system software program update on their Mac, with the error message stating that the “available software updates have changed” and to strive once more or contact Apple.

The full error message which will seem when updating MacOS system software program is as follows:

“The out there software program updates have modified. Try once more or contact Apple help for help.

An error occurred whereas downloading the chosen updates. Please verify your web connection and take a look at once more.”

This error message can seem in a wide range of conditions, however the most typical appears to be when you haven’t put in a software program update that’s out there on the Mac, however the cache for a previous software program update stays within the Software Update desire panel.

The answer to this downside is often straight ahead, and advised within the error message itself; attempt to update MacOS system software program once more. However, for those who get caught in a loop the place this message regularly seems, it’s possible you’ll strive the next to resolve the error:

1. Quit out of System Settings (or System Preferences)
2. Reopen System Settings (or System Preferences)
3. Return to Software Update and refresh updates, and attempt to set up the out there system software program update once more

Typically this fixes the issue and also you’re in a position to set up the out there software program update.

If you proceed to expertise issues or this error message, you may as well attempt to obtain the complete macOS installer for the model you wish to set up or update to on the Mac.

I bumped into this with the macOS Sonoma 14.2.1 update, however Mac customers have reported it for a very long time. This error can seem in principally any model of MacOS, from Sonoma to Ventura to Monterey, and even a lot earlier variations of MacOS from High Sierra to Mojave to El Capitan. Users have complained about this problem for fairly a while on the Apple Discussion Forums for numerous variations of the Mac working system, however as a result of it’s a simple repair the overwhelming majority of the time, it shouldn’t be an issue that derails your Mac expertise or software program update schedule significantly.