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In the past Apple has always provided standalone updaters for MacOS system updates and security updates, but for Big Sur this has apparently changed. It seems that Apple has stopped providing standalone updaters in macOS Big Sur :
I don't know if this is official policy in Big Sur. If it is, I really don't like it. I always prefer using standalone updaters (Combo Updates and Security Updates) to update my Mac mini and hacks. I don't like using Software Update as I don't want to download them on different machines over and over again.
Apple has stopped providing standalone updaters in macOS Big Sur | AppleInsider
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.
appleinsider.com
Apple has stopped providing standalone installers for macOS updates
Apple released macOS Big Sur 11.1 on 14 December. Although yesterday it finally posted standalone installers for the two concomitant security updates to Catalina and Mojave, no standalone updaters …
eclecticlight.co
I don't know if this is official policy in Big Sur. If it is, I really don't like it. I always prefer using standalone updaters (Combo Updates and Security Updates) to update my Mac mini and hacks. I don't like using Software Update as I don't want to download them on different machines over and over again.