cd /usr/local git remote set-url origin git://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/homebrew.git brew update
如果速度还是很慢，可以尝试以下操作： 然后重试update。
cd ~/tmp git clone git://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/homebrew.git rm -rf /usr/local/.git rm -rf /usr/local/Library cp -R homebrew/.git /usr/local/ cp -R homebrew/Library /usr/local/
cd /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-science git remote set-url origin git://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/homebrew-science.git cd /usr/local/Library/Taps/homebrew/homebrew-python git remote set-url origin git://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/homebrew-python.git brew update
来源：http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/help/#homebrew
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/imarno/p/5169437.html