How can I stop the 'Updates Available' notification on my MacBook Pro?

You can try the following two terminal commands:

defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate MajorOSUserNotificationDate -date "2030-02-07 23:22:47 +0000"

defaults write com.apple.SoftwareUpdate UserNotificationDate -date "2030-02-07 23:22:47 +0000"

The exact dates are not significant, as long as it's sometime in the future.

Here's how I solved this problem:

• Create a new Focus (the menu is in the top right corner of the screen), I named mine something like "No more Upgrade window" (but a little spicier...)
• Set the calendar for the focus to be 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM and enabled 7 days/week
• Add the apps that you actually care to receive notifications from (for example, I just added Slack and nothing else)
• Voilá you now can live in peace without the stupid pop ups demanding that you upgrade

You can try for the future >> System Setting >> General >> Software Update >> Automatic Updates

Turn OFF those setting you do Not What

I have the same problem. This works for me.

Open up system settings, and go to the Software update In the general section

Click on the update now button and a confirmation window with the legal stuff pops up

Have your two fingers on the command and Q ready to press

Select the do not agree or decline button on the legal stuff and at the same time press the command and a Q

This will get rid of a macOS update updates

To get rid of this software updates, simply log out of your App Store account

Hope this works you may have to try it several times

Restart the computer and see what happens

An aside if you permit me

Received a Brand New machine on October 28.

First Boot Up, as in the Out of the Box Experience

Even before I had the chance to Set it Up with my Credentials

Presto, was alerted to an update from Sequoia 15.0 to Sequoia 15.1

I chose Not to update at that time

1 Hour later, there it was

I sometimes use the Focus feature -- and have one for Work that shuts up many things.

Today, I had this pop-up and I found this support thread.

On a whim, I turned on my "Work" focus and the pop-up slid off the screen.

Maybe something like that will work for you?

PRP_53 wrote:

You can try for the future >> System Setting >> General >> Software Update >> Automatic Updates

Turn OFF those setting you do Not What

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/fc6c12bc-f186-4f48-9f43-61ba5dff3779

No good (again). Turning these off does not stop the nag.

KevinHilt wrote:

I've submitted feedback to Apple asking for this to be addressed, and I encourage everyone else here to do the same: Product Feedback - Apple

Since Apple strongly encourages users to stay up to date with their software I doubt you will get any response. As for the majority of the volunteers here we never recommend skipping and updates as there is often no valid reason to do so.

I've submitted feedback to Apple asking for this to be addressed, and I encourage everyone else here to do the same: Product Feedback - Apple

I was having the same problem.This helped me:

https://youtu.be/UOir5DdPXxE?si=5tfbyFVw3XcK7f3-

I actually turned off the annoying update notification banner and its respective badge with an MDM profile.

Disabling the pop-up banner and badge can be done only with an MDM profile.

AFAIK - it is asking the User ( you ) to either Update, implied ( Now ), or later tonight

It does offer, both options

It would make sense /

Predicated on user byline " MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1 "

The current Sequoia its version 15.1.1

Just to stay " On the Specific Issue " as per your below

The Update Sequoia 15.1.1 has already been downloaded - full stop

From my experience - once it has been downloaded, there is no stopping it form attempting it to Install

Am confident, that even if you attempt to shutdown the computer, then too it may or may not attempt the installation