How to Update to MAC OS 10.9.2 Manually When it Does Not Show Up in App Store

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How to Install Mavericks 10.9.2 When It Doesn't Show Up in Software Update

There’s a security issue in the last versions of Mac Mavericks 10.9.1 in regard to SSL and verifying the authenticity of a website (which your browser should do automatically).  I updated my iPhone and iPad and heard there was an update for OS X (which I didn’t really need since I use Chrome, which wasn’t susceptible to the security flaw).  I ran Software Update but it didn’t show up–strange!?!

How to Update to MAC OS 10.9.2 Manually When it Does Not Show Up in App Store

I figured out that you can download and install it manually from Apple’s website here.  BTW: it’s a 768.7 MB file so it will take a while.

UPDATE: Just after downloading the update manually and posting this the update finally showed up in Software Update, lumped in with the iTunes update, which was the only update showing up previously:

Mac OS X Update 10.9.2 now is (finally) showing up in the Mac App Store
Mac OS X Update 10.9.2 now is (finally) showing up in the Mac App Store

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