The 'red 1' notification badge has not disappeared from my system preferences on the toolbar even though I have updated to the latest version of Catalina.
HELP! It's driving me nuts!
MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15
I have recently updated my MacBook Pro and my partner's MacBook Air to Catalina and have had the issue with the System Preferences icon badged for a update when the software is up to date.
The solution (provided to me by Apple Support) is to use the Terminal command (one line)
sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist LastRecommendedMajorOSBundleIdentifier
defaults delete com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate LatestMajorOSSeenByUserBundleIdentifier
followed by
System Preferences - Software Update screen, and then press Command + R to force a refresh
hah I can't seem to figure out how to reply to specific posts in this thread. But Dialabrain I did follow your instructions and it worked!!! I'm notification free now. Thanks for that.
You're welcome.
To reply to a specific post, just click the "Reply" button directly under the post you wish to reply to.
That’s what I was doing from my desktop but for whatever reason my responses are appearing at the end of the thread. Will have to play around w this another time. Thanks for your help!!
You're welcome. That's where your replies will appear, at the end of a thread. :)
This fixed the issue for me. Thanks!
This helped sort out the issue. Thank you
Hey RickReed, this worked perfectly for me. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you, RickReed! This did the trick for me.
Hmm, I don't recall seeing that plist name, but see my reply to myself. I got it to work, although I have seen reports that it might come back if a manual request to check for a software update is made. We'll see...
Also, after re-starting, I noticed a new "com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist" file is created.
That worked. Thanks a lot. =)
RickReed, your response did the trick! Thanks so much for sharing!
Are you also using, "Safari Technology Preview?"
Why do I STILL have a red 1 notification if I performed the latest update?
