I tried it for a week. Not interested in upgrading. Right now I just want to receive Sequoia updates, though Tahoe keeps nagging about upgrades. You can skip suggesting "disabling Automatic Updates", that doesn't have anything to do with upgrade suggestions that have no settings for.
I tried profiles, they are ignored. I really don't want to set up local corp on my machine just for this...
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two botts wrote:
Because the red dot is a red flag of annoyance and frustration, NOT a must do that I need to be reminded of.. Tried Tahoe, not a fan in any respects. Sequoia is brilliant, tried and true, why would I want to be incessantly reminded of a fail every hour of the day and at every boot up. These Apple terms you mention, are they the same ones allowing ads to appear in apps, Safari and the like. Not a fan.
This is a user-to-user support forum. That's not something that anyone here can fix. If we knew of a way to hide the badge, or block the notifications, we would tell you. But we don't.
As far as I'm concerned, that little red dot on System Settings means I'm using a stable OS version. If you don't like the dot, you can move System Settings out of the Dock. You could even replace it with your own System Settings AppleScript app that has no badge, but launches System Settings when clicked.
But even that's tricky. Apple seems to have gone out of its way to block that very workaround. But there's more than one workaround. Create a script that just does this:
do shell script "open 'x-apple.systempreferences:'"
Save it as an application named "System Settings". Do Finder > File > Get Info on the original System Settings, click the icon, and copy. Then do the same for your System Settings and paste over the default application icon. Now you have your own System Settings launcher. No more red badge.
two botts wrote:
Because the red dot is a red flag of annoyance and frustration, NOT a must do that I need to be reminded of.. Tried Tahoe, not a fan in any respects. Sequoia is brilliant, tried and true, why would I want to be incessantly reminded of a fail every hour of the day and at every boot up. These Apple terms you mention, are they the same ones allowing ads to appear in apps, Safari and the like. Not a fan.
This is a user-to-user support forum. That's not something that anyone here can fix. If we knew of a way to hide the badge, or block the notifications, we would tell you. But we don't.
As far as I'm concerned, that little red dot on System Settings means I'm using a stable OS version. If you don't like the dot, you can move System Settings out of the Dock. You could even replace it with your own System Settings AppleScript app that has no badge, but launches System Settings when clicked.
But even that's tricky. Apple seems to have gone out of its way to block that very workaround. But there's more than one workaround. Create a script that just does this:
do shell script "open 'x-apple.systempreferences:'"
Save it as an application named "System Settings". Do Finder > File > Get Info on the original System Settings, click the icon, and copy. Then do the same for your System Settings and paste over the default application icon. Now you have your own System Settings launcher. No more red badge.
You can Delay the notification for up to 90 Days provided you enrol the computer in a Mobile Digital Management Service ( MDM for short )
But Stopping the Notification on a Permanent Basis - No
Some methods require MDM or enterprise tools — many home users won’t have that.
The “delay” via configuration profile is time-limited (commonly up to 90 days). After that period, the option may re-appear. HCS Tech
of-the-stack wrote:
None of these will get rid of red notification in settings sadly.
Only one that would technically not show the notification is "Focus workaround", but that will not work for me. I want a cleaner solution.
Any "scripts" with setting flags have been gotten rid off by apple so they don't work on newer versions.
I would simply ignore it...
you can try — delete this plist from your Finder >Go>Go To Folder copy and paste:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate.plist
delete this plist and reboot and compare yur results
or from the Terminal.app copy & paste:
sudo softwareupdate -l --all --force --reset-ignored
(please note your psswd will not echo on screen—type it in anyway to proceed)
relaunch System Preferences>Software update
if this issue issue for you to be proactive you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple
Tahoe Apple’s way to shadowbox a lot of access Mac users used to have. And turn everything into an iPhone.
Have you tried
sudo softwareupdate --schedule off
You can just turn it back on occasionally to check for sequoia updates.
Limnos wrote:
Same for me with Sequoia 15.7.3 I don't know that I ever saw a "nag" to upgrade. If I go to Settings > General > Software Update, I see Tahoe but if I have to do that to see it I don't consider it to be a nag.
Just because you haven't been nagged yet doesn't mean you won't be. It also doesn't mean you won't be upgraded against you will. Eventually you'll start getting notifications. I'm still running Sequoia on one computer and got my first upgrade nag the other day. I'm very careful with those notifications now. There's a "learn more" button. You must click the button. If you click anywhere else in the notification then you'll be upgraded then and there.
There used to be a trick floating around to hack a system default to tell the system that you've already been nagged. I tried to set it to the future, but that didn't work. It detected that, reset it, and nagged me right away the next day. I'll try a launch agent to reset my nag date to yesterday every day.
None of these will get rid of red notification in settings sadly.
Only one that would technically not show the notification is "Focus workaround", but that will not work for me. I want a cleaner solution.
Any "scripts" with setting flags have been gotten rid off by apple so they don't work on newer versions.
neuroanatomist wrote:
FWIW, on one of my Macs that is still running 15.6.1, I am no longer seeing notifications to upgrade to Tahoe.
Same for me with Sequoia 15.7.3 I don't know that I ever saw a "nag" to upgrade. If I go to Settings > General > Software Update, I see Tahoe but if I have to do that to see it I don't consider it to be a nag.
Nothing works to get rid of the 2 nags, Tahoe notification "Software Update Available" as well as the day long red warning symbol of an upgrade being available on the settings symbol in the dock. Don't mind the update one for the existing system as it is something we all should act on when it is the preferred system.
Is there an option that allows users to have control of their own computer?
two botts wrote:
Is there an option that allows users to have control of their own computer?
No. You own the hardware, Apple owns the operating system. You only have a license to use it per Apple’s terms. Why is it so hard to ignore a red dot?
Because the red dot is a red flag of annoyance and frustration, NOT a must do that I need to be reminded of.. Tried Tahoe, not a fan in any respects. Sequoia is brilliant, tried and true, why would I want to be incessantly reminded of a fail every hour of the day and at every boot up. These Apple terms you mention, are they the same ones allowing ads to appear in apps, Safari and the like. Not a fan.
I don't know if they can be removed. I think in past OS releases, they stuck around for about a month, then stopped.
FWIW, on one of my Macs that is still running 15.6.1, I am no longer seeing notifications to upgrade to Tahoe.
These nags are driving me crazy. I looked into the command mentioned above and the softwareupate command does not seem to exist on my computer. Does it need to be installed ?
Xrival wrote:
These nags are driving me crazy. I looked into the command mentioned above and the softwareupate command does not seem to exist on my computer. Does it need to be installed ?
You may consider referring the posting just above you own posting
You can delay this for up to 90 Days
Is there a way to disable macOS 26 Tahoe upgrade nagging?
