Q: Disable OS X Updates Available notification

Brilliant. I set the do not disturb to cover my entire workday, and it's finally gone.

This is the solution for those of us without touchscreens.

so easy! thanks!

Taking a turn here: I would like to PROHIBIT a certain and very specific update, making sure that it cannot be applied, never ever, not even accidentally.

The situation: I run a Yosemite Server (OS 10.10.1 + Server 4.0.2), but Software Update (the Appstore App) tries all the time to wrench me into "upgrading" to Server 2.2.5.....

Is there a way to selectively block this specific update? Maybe through a fake receipt?

Any suggestions are highly appreciated.....

Thank you!! I  have always loved Apple in that it made the experience about the user being in control. Update notifications like this seem very Windows to me! It drives me crazy to this day.

yes, you can. and then it comes back over... and over... and over. this is not a solution. dismissing a notice should be just that, dismissing a notice.

on top of that, today i actually got irritated enough to stop everything i was doing and restart (like it wanted me to). an hour later, the **** thing came back! i restarted again, and it's still there.

i'm about ready to throw this stupid macbook out the window.

this doesn't work on the OS level. that's what the thread was about.

Run this command in your shell

     softwareupdate --schedule off

That sounds great!
Although I am the only user of this computer and the admin, in terminal I get the "You must be root to enable/disable software update automatic check".

I am not groot.

Kidding about the "g'

My solution has been to set do not disturb to turn on 2200 - 2159.

Not only does the apple NC, SPAM my desktop with upgrading and updating notifications but recently (last four years) we have had severe problems when apple software updates ruin our professional software we rely on to deliver TV and Audio; such as Final Cut, Compressor, Quicktime, Logic (LAG city!).

This office along with quite a few major broadcasters are getting off the apple train turning to windows asap (and even quantel!!).

I have the opposite problem. I like the 'Updates available' notifications, but they seem to have stopped coming. I attach a screen-shot of my settings in System Preferences. What should I do to encourage them to come again?

Agreed. It is hugely annoying not to be able to dismiss the update until a time that you choose. My only solution is to open "Notifications" in System Preferences and set "Turn on Do Not Disturb" from 7:00 am to 6:00 am. This will kill all notifications.  Not too good a solution if you need to be notified about incoming mail or messages, but for me it was worth getting rid of the persistent update notification. Let's face it. The red dot on the dock icon is enough. Maybe Apple will smarten up in in El Capitan.

So, here we are, three years later and things haven't gotten better. No, they're worse. Fewer options, more reminders, and system updates that don't even work with their own software (e.g.: Yosemite with FCP X until they made changes to FCP X).  They're more Big Brother-ish and there's less flexibility.  Serious problems at Apple.  Still very popular but then again so are cocaine, heroine and meth.

You, my friend, are mistaken. Simply open a terminal session and enter the following command- launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist

Oh, how intuitive. Why didn't I think of that?