I tried it for a week. Not interested in upgrading. Right now I just want to receive Sequoia updates, though Tahoe keeps nagging about upgrades. You can skip suggesting "disabling Automatic Updates", that doesn't have anything to do with upgrade suggestions that have no settings for.
I tried profiles, they are ignored. I really don't want to set up local corp on my machine just for this...
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You can Delay the notification for up to 90 Days provided you enrol the computer in a Mobile Digital Management Service ( MDM for short )
But Stopping the Notification on a Permanent Basis - No
Some methods require MDM or enterprise tools — many home users won’t have that.
The “delay” via configuration profile is time-limited (commonly up to 90 days). After that period, the option may re-appear. HCS Tech
of-the-stack wrote:
None of these will get rid of red notification in settings sadly.
Only one that would technically not show the notification is "Focus workaround", but that will not work for me. I want a cleaner solution.
Any "scripts" with setting flags have been gotten rid off by apple so they don't work on newer versions.
I would simply ignore it...
you can try — delete this plist from your Finder >Go>Go To Folder copy and paste:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate.plist
delete this plist and reboot and compare yur results
or from the Terminal.app copy & paste:
sudo softwareupdate -l --all --force --reset-ignored
(please note your psswd will not echo on screen—type it in anyway to proceed)
relaunch System Preferences>Software update
if this issue issue for you to be proactive you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple
Tahoe Apple’s way to shadowbox a lot of access Mac users used to have. And turn everything into an iPhone.
Have you tried
sudo softwareupdate --schedule off
You can just turn it back on occasionally to check for sequoia updates.
Convert to Linux. Can be done even on Arm processor machines. (Be very careful!)
None of these will get rid of red notification in settings sadly.
Only one that would technically not show the notification is "Focus workaround", but that will not work for me. I want a cleaner solution.
Any "scripts" with setting flags have been gotten rid off by apple so they don't work on newer versions.
I don't know if they can be removed. I think in past OS releases, they stuck around for about a month, then stopped.
FWIW, on one of my Macs that is still running 15.6.1, I am no longer seeing notifications to upgrade to Tahoe.
Xrival wrote:
These nags are driving me crazy. I looked into the command mentioned above and the softwareupate command does not seem to exist on my computer. Does it need to be installed ?
You may consider referring the posting just above you own posting
You can delay this for up to 90 Days
These nags are driving me crazy. I looked into the command mentioned above and the softwareupate command does not seem to exist on my computer. Does it need to be installed ?
Is there a way to disable macOS 26 Tahoe upgrade nagging?
