Apple has stopped providing standalone updater versions of its macOS system software, starting with macOS Big Sur 11.0.1 -- but is still providing them for Catalina and Mojave as recently as December 16. Credit: Andrew O'Hara, AppleInsider For decades, Apple has offered a users the ability to download standalone smaller update files without needing to download a full OS install image, or the same update in the macOS Software Update feature multiple times across a rollout of Macs. In macOS Big Sur, that download has not been made available for any of the updates. The Eclectic Light Company, Apple has yet to release a standalone installer for macOS 11.1 much less 11.0.1, despite releasing standalone installers for macOS Catalina and Mojave security updates on Dec. 16.