Mac OS X Server 10.4, 10.5: Pointing non-managed clients to a specific Software Update server

If you are not using Client Management, you can use one of the following Terminal commands to point non-managed client computers to a particular Software Update server. These commands must be run by an admin user.

To change the setting for all users on the workstation:

defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL [URL] 

To undo the change and point all users back to the Apple Software Update server:

defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate CatalogURL 

Note: Replace "[URL]" with the URL of the Software Update server, including the port number and the name of catalog file (index.sucatalog). For example, http://su.domain_name.com:8088/index.sucatalog

Published Date: Oct 10, 2016