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

I am also trying to figure out how to turn off the annoying nag pop-up. I did update to 15.1.1 after doing this, I checked the settings you described above. I have all of them turned off, except for the bottom one "Install Security responses and system files". I will try turning that one off as well. I'm perfectly happy with a little red dot that shows up in the settings icon. What I am trying to get rid of is the "Updates Available" pop-up window.

I came back to edit my comment. After turning off ALL of the settings, I noticed that in Software Update > Automatic Updates now shows to be "Off". Here's the deal, in my experience every time you update the operating system. It requires the computer to reboot. OK, fair enough. But I want to do that on MY schedule. And I just hate being treated like a five-year-old by the operating system.

I also have this issue and it's frustrating. I'm on 15.1.1, and now that 15.2 is available, I've seen the persistent "Updates Available" notification 7 times in the past 24 hours. It reappears each time I wake my laptop from sleep.

I have everything turned off in System Settings > Software Update > Automatic Updates. I'd love any solution that gets rid of the notification without having to update.

Hello, I agree with you, totally. I'm super MAD. Notifications was not the deal when I bought this computer. This was the reason I left Windows. They are windowmising Macos. I use my laptot to work, I don't want to be DISTURBED. If someone still understand the meaning of "working". Or maybe Apple is becoming an entertainment company. Maybe the next laptot will feature a 16*9 screen, lol. Apple support is gonna hear me loud monday.

The numbers of updtates are written in the drop down menu on the top right, that is enough. I update when I schedule my time to do it. Now i seriously regret "upgrading" to sequoia.

Get used to the notifications for updates

It has taken Apple 14 - 15 updates to Sonoma to reach 14.7.2

As for work and related

“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” - attributed to Mark Twain

Hi damat-le. Thanks for posting this, I have just used these 2 commands then restarted my Mac and, so far, no annoying nag screens. I also submitted a feedback request to Apple. I'm pretty sure it goes against their own development standards to have notifications that you can't mute or turn off!

Thanks again - good solution!

Hi damat-le. Thanks for posting this, I have just used these 2 commands then restarted my Mac and, so far, no annoying nag screens. I also submitted a feedback request to Apple. I'm pretty sure it goes against their own development standards to have notifications that you can't mute or turn off!

Thanks again - good solution!

This whole thing is infuriating and a sign of Apple having veered headlong into a mentality of, "We know what's best for you so just accept it!"

I'm betting it's also about Apple "Intelligence" and them wanting to force that into every aspect of our lives and through their products. Nag, nag, nag until we relent.

I haven't upgraded my devices and am looking to move out of the Apple ecosystem because of this type of BS. I'm so sick of it.

I am so sick of the constant OS update notifications. I've tried every reddit search and suggestion and every terminal command and nothing works in 15.1.1. I've used Apple computers since 1989 and I've never had a worse opinion of the brand than I do now for this and other reasons. It's feeling very Windows-y around here these days.

PRP_53 wrote:

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

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d0b3c34a-0587-49ee-9c42-a50b6ef38d65

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

Not true. I've not downloaded the update yet but I still get the annoying nag.

lkrupp wrote:

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.

No valid reasons? You don't have to spend much time on these boards to see how many users are having problems after updates. If Apple wants people to stay up to date then it should admit to the bugs in a release and commit to a date for fixing them. I hold off on all updates for at a few weeks to make sure that the bugs they contain aren't likely to cause me problems.

how dare you? it's obviously the opposite. stay away from commenting on personnal level. computer is a tool.

thank you :)

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