Above notification informs me a scheduled update will automatically install tonight. Same message for the last 3 weeks, but the update does not install. System settings say my software is up to date; I understand that is different than a managed update. My iMac is connected to power and the auto-update setting is on. Please advise. Thanks. Rick
iMac (2017 – 2020)
Unfortunately, this did NOT work for me! :( I've tried this 5 times now and no luck. iMac desktop. Everything is UTD. Super annoying.
I find it interesting that it says I need 50% battery power for it to install. This is not a laptop, nor a mobile device. Desktop is plugged in and always has enough power, of course. So, it seems to me that this error is a rogue one, and isn't meant for a desktop??? Unsure.
I've also prevented the computer and desktop from sleeping throughout the night, and nothing ever happens.
Crossing fingers that someone fixes this wonky thing.
I am so **** tired of this message. I have done everything that the others on this site have suggested and every day I get the same **** message and I am really sick of it.
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Old Toad, you will have to help this neophyte. The computer is left on all night, but the Lock Screen choices kick in after 20 minutes. After the screen saver begins or the display is turned off a password is required for access. Is that what you are referring to? Rick
I believe the "Required managed update" notification is legit.
The "Required managed update" is probably security related and the automatic update is when there's been some performance fixes made and tested for release.
Being an end user like yourserlf it's all conjecture on my part.
I have the same issue --- nobody has an answer yet? Why do other updates install automatically, whereas this one doesn't?
And I have been getting the same message on my MacBook Pro. A couple of days ago an update *was* installed because I did a manual software update but now the message is back again. It is really annoying and, like others somewhat concerning that there may be malware involved.
Simon
I have the same issue. I've turned on the 'Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off', and I don't have any profiles installed, turned on my MacBook Pro overnight with no program running; even in the background. But Settings is keep sending this message even though I've updated everything...
Can someone in this community solve this problem for us?
That's for this. As a novice I'm sorry to sound daft but does 'save a backup copy' just mean finding the file in the Library folder and copy and pasting it to the desktop?
Incidentally I've recently had this message pop up:
Unable to install updates.
Error code: 10002
Retry Close
Any ideas?
Yes , I’m this case a backup just means copy and paste the file to another location, such as the Desktop.
I haven’t seen the Error Code 10002 for Mac OS Updates but there are plenty of messages online to do with this message coming from a Zoom update
This seems to have worked. It immediately did an IOS update to Ventura 5.3, then rebooted (which too ages and a lot of black screen, white apple + progress bar). Will keep an eye out for the 'Required Managed Update' message and report back if it reappears.
Thanks for the advice on the other error message.
This worked for me. The file was protected, so from a terminal window, I used:
sudo mv /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist_BAD
This will prompt for an administrator password.
After rebooting, the BAD file can be deleted:
sudo rm -f /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist_BAD
Sean Hassett wrote:
This worked for me....
Thanks, Sean, me too. It's been a couple days since I ran your solution and haven't seen the Update notification since.
FWIW, I never saw the "...plist_BAD" file in the Preferences folder. I'm a PermaNoob when it comes to this stuff, so I just used your Terminal commands and it seems to have worked.
Cheers!
I'm not sure which two you're referring to, but I tried the above solution using the terminal and deleting /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist from the Finder, shutting down, and rebooting.
Then you might try the "fix" posted by kpowerbook on the 2nd page of this thread. It involves a similar file deletion without using Terminal.
The fix you tried worked for me, but the fix by kpowerbook worked for some others here.
Required Managed Update
