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

How can I disable the 'Updates Available' notification that is now appearing from system preferences since Sequoia? This was removed after High Sierra and it's pretty disappointing to have to ignore this daily now. Even more frustrating is that it comes back if I just drag it off the screen??


The notification in question:



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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Nov 25, 2024 7:40 AM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2025 1:01 AM

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.

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