System Preferences has update badge, but there is no update

System Preferences has update badge, but there is no update - it only showed up after install of Catalina - does anyone have an update to fix the issue ? I think this is problem apple should fix ?


MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on May 21, 2020 1:06 PM

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Posted on May 21, 2020 1:09 PM

Delete this file and restart.

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate.plist


While in the Finder, press "command shift G", paste the above line into the window that opens and press Return. It will highlight the file for deletion.

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