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I've been pressing "Remind me tomorrow" every. single. day. for the 31 days since Catalina has been released. I'm waiting for 10.15.2 (which thankfully, appear

by mthoms 7y ago

I've been pressing "Remind me tomorrow" every. single. day. for the 31 days since Catalina has been released. I'm waiting for 10.15.2 (which thankfully, appears to be right around the corner). Edit: 10.15.2 appears to be available as of this moment. Though release notes don't appear to be up yet(?)

pwagland 7y ago
Indeed, I just installed 10.15.2. :-)
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pazimzadeh 7y ago
You can uncheck "Install macOS updates" in System Preferences: https://imgur.com/BbDLlYy https://imgur.com/BbDLlYy
- mthoms 7y ago
  I have done so. I still get the daily notification.
  - irskep 7y ago
    You can do this to disable those notifications: sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"
    - strangelove026 7y ago
      Oh interesting! I looked into making a mac "automator" shortcut that hid notifications on a specific key press, but didn't end up following through
cpeterso 7y ago
The Twitter thread says there is a `sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"` command.
- jerrysievert 7y ago
  Ignored updates: ( "macOS Catalina" ) the thread is a godsend for that piece of advice.
hanche 7y ago
What I do is to click on the alert but not at either of the alternatives at the right end! Then System Preferences will open up, and I just quit it. This way, many days pass before I get a new alert.
danaris 7y ago
Are you quite certain Catalina is the only update available to you? I haven't updated to Catalina (and won't for some time yet, due to institutional restrictions and legacy 32-bit software), but aside from the badge on the System Preferences dock icon, I only get the "you have updates" notification when there is an update available for the OS version I'm currently running. I do have to click on the "other updates" not-a-button button in the Software Update pane to see what's actually available and apply it, though, so it isn't entirely obvious that there's something besides Catalina to install. (I'm also not entirely certain that there isn't some kind of institutional setting that's affecting this, or just weirdness on my end—I'm not trying to say my experience is universal, just saying there might be another explanation.)
- mthoms 7y ago
  I think you're right actually. But as you also said, it's not immediately obvious what updates are being referred to. The notification should be much clearer.
baddox 7y ago
Only 31 days? I've been doing it nearly every working day for years. And I actually install my updates fairly frequently. That doesn't really help, because there will always be more updates.

by mthoms 7y ago

pwagland 7y ago

Indeed, I just installed 10.15.2. :-)

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pazimzadeh 7y ago

You can uncheck "Install macOS updates" in System Preferences: https://imgur.com/BbDLlYy https://imgur.com/BbDLlYy

mthoms 7y ago
I have done so. I still get the daily notification.
- irskep 7y ago
  You can do this to disable those notifications: sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"
  - strangelove026 7y ago
    Oh interesting! I looked into making a mac "automator" shortcut that hid notifications on a specific key press, but didn't end up following through

cpeterso 7y ago

The Twitter thread says there is a `sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"` command.

jerrysievert 7y ago
Ignored updates: ( "macOS Catalina" ) the thread is a godsend for that piece of advice.

hanche 7y ago

What I do is to click on the alert but not at either of the alternatives at the right end! Then System Preferences will open up, and I just quit it. This way, many days pass before I get a new alert.

danaris 7y ago

Are you quite certain Catalina is the only update available to you? I haven't updated to Catalina (and won't for some time yet, due to institutional restrictions and legacy 32-bit software), but aside from the badge on the System Preferences dock icon, I only get the "you have updates" notification when there is an update available for the OS version I'm currently running. I do have to click on the "other updates" not-a-button button in the Software Update pane to see what's actually available and apply it, though, so it isn't entirely obvious that there's something besides Catalina to install. (I'm also not entirely certain that there isn't some kind of institutional setting that's affecting this, or just weirdness on my end—I'm not trying to say my experience is universal, just saying there might be another explanation.)

mthoms 7y ago
I think you're right actually. But as you also said, it's not immediately obvious what updates are being referred to. The notification should be much clearer.

baddox 7y ago

Only 31 days? I've been doing it nearly every working day for years. And I actually install my updates fairly frequently. That doesn't really help, because there will always be more updates.