Effortlessly manage and secure your Windows and macOS devices with Atera's patch management, enabling you to view, upgrade, and maintain your installed patches with ease.

• For instructions on how to install patch updates on Linux devices, see Package manager: Linux
• To schedule automated patching, see Schedule an IT automation profile
• Take a look at our main article about patch management to learn how our patch management module works.

View installed patches

If there are installed patches that need a device restart, a 'Reboot required' indication will appear next to the devices, on the Devices page. The indicator will appear whether the patch was installed manually, via IT automation profiles, or outside Atera. Learn more

To view installed patches via the Devices page:

1. From Devices (on the sidebar), find the device and click Manage > Patch management.

The Patch management window appears.

2. Select the Installed patches tab to view previously installed patches. 

• Patches are sorted by installation date:
  • Windows: Columns include the name, classification, supported products, and installed date. 
  • macOS: Columns include the name, label, classification, and installed date.
• Columns are adjustable, and the search bar helps locate patches by name, label, classification, or product. 
• A refresh option and the last update time are available at the top right.

Install patches via the Devices page

To install patches from the Devices page:

1.  From Devices (on the sidebar), click Manage > Patch management.

The Patch Management window appears.

The Available patches tab displays the following:

• Windows: Columns include the name, classification, supported products, size, reboot required, and status.
• macOS: Columns include the name, label, classification, size, reboot required, and status.
• Columns are adjustable, and the search bar helps locate patches by name, label (macOS), classification, or supported products (Windows). 
• A refresh option and the last update time are available at the top right.

Note: You can filter by status by clicking the hamburger icon (on the right) and toggling available, pending, failed, excluded, and/or hidden patches (Windows only).

2. Check the boxes next to the available patches you want to install. Then click Install.

Install patches via the Agent console

To install patches via the Agent console:

1. From Devices (on the sidebar), select the device.

The Agent console appears.

2. Click Manage > Patch management.

The Patch Management window appears.

The Available patches tab displays the following:

• Windows: Columns include the name, classification, supported products, size, reboot required, and status.
• macOS: Columns include the name, label, classification, size, reboot required, and status.
• Columns are adjustable, and the search bar helps locate patches by name, label (macOS), classification, or supported products (Windows). 
• A refresh option and the last update time are available at the top right.

Note: You can filter by status by clicking the hamburger icon (on the right) and toggling available, upgradable (Linux only), pending, failed, excluded, and/or hidden patches (Windows only).

3. Check the boxes next to the available patches you want to install. Then click Install.

Upgrade M1 Mac devices

If you're looking to upgrade your M1 Mac to a newer version like Monterey, Ventura, or Sonoma, you might see a message prompting you for further action.

This happens because upgrading an M1 Mac requires extra permissions. As a workaround, we've prepared a simple script for you, which you can find in our Shared Script Libray

Simply run the script on the device before trying the upgrade again. (For more information on running scripts, see Run a script).