Unenroll from Beta Program (Software Update annoyance)

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Unenroll from Beta Program (Software Update annoyance)

Hello.

I participated and greatly enjoyed the macOS 10.12 Sierra public beta program but now that the commercial release has become available I’d rather switch back to the mainline.

This morning a Public Beta release of 10.12.1 showed up in Software Update.

So I went into Settings > App Store and disabled Beta software, and refreshed: the proposed update is still there.

So I went into /private/var/folders/zzz and nuked the contents of that, and refreshed: the proposed update is still there.

So I rebooted, and refreshed the App Store updates again: and of course, the proposed update is still there.

How do I get rid of that but ensure that I will be alerted when the definitive release of 10.12.1 is released?

Or am I going to have to live with it and be wary of never clicking “Update All” ever again?

Thanks.

MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2016), macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 23, 2016 12:40 AM

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dialabrain

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Sep 23, 2016 3:13 AM in response to qubex

Open the App Store > Purchased. Find the Sierra Beta purchase then right/control-click in the white space of its row and choose hide purchase.

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qubex Author

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Sep 23, 2016 1:14 AM in response to dialabrain

Will this allow the ‘definitive’ release of 10.12.1 to show up?

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dialabrain

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Sep 23, 2016 1:16 AM in response to qubex

If you have the release installed, yes. In About This Mac, which version is listed?

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qubex Author

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Sep 23, 2016 1:37 AM in response to dialabrain

I'm running the Public Beta Golden Master release. Should I install the ‘definitive’ version on top of that?

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dialabrain

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Sep 23, 2016 1:40 AM in response to qubex

If you want the normal point releases, absolutely.

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Sep 23, 2016 3:13 AM in response to qubex

Hi I was a beta tester member like you but i un enrolled before updating to the public release version 16A323.

This morning I found I had received the 10.12.1 beta update.

So I really do not know what is going on.

Hope you get your issue sorted and hopefully mine too

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qubex Author

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Sep 23, 2016 3:13 AM in response to JohnD1948

That’s a bit worrying.

Anyway, I’m running the Public Beta Golden Master (build 16A320), though I’m vaguely aware that a second Golden Master was released to Developers.

I’m now downloading the official release to see if applying that puts me back onto the mainline. I’ll report back (particularly considering John’s experience reported above).

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dialabrain

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Sep 23, 2016 4:01 AM in response to JohnD1948

JohnD1948 wrote:

Hi I was a beta tester member like you but i un enrolled before updating to the public release version 16A323.

This morning I found I had received the 10.12.1 beta update.

So I really do not know what is going on.

Hope you get your issue sorted and hopefully mine too

If System Preferences > App Store no longer says this…

in theory you shouldn't have received the 10.12.1 update.

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Sep 23, 2016 5:44 AM in response to dialabrain

I dont have the option to "change" in the pref pane and the public beta 1 of mac os has just installed itself. does anyone know how to change this option from the console?

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dialabrain

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Sep 23, 2016 5:52 AM in response to Glennyboi

You may want to disable "Download newly available updates…" in the App Store prefs until the issue is resolved.

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Csound1

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Sep 23, 2016 5:54 AM in response to Glennyboi

None of the versions of this "just install themselves"

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Sep 23, 2016 5:58 AM in response to Csound1

thanks for your helpful response dialabrain. Csound1 they do when the settings are set to download updates in the background and you hit restart without realising. I wouldn't have bothered searching for an answer otherwise.

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