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Disable the badges in the Apple Menu, on System Preferences and on the Software Update Preference Pane related to available updates
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>PayloadContent</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>AttentionPrefBundleIDs</key>
<dict>
<key>com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate</key>
<false/>
</dict>
<key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
<string>System Preferences</string>
<key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
<string><!-- YOUR PAYLOAD ID HERE --></string>
<key>PayloadOrganization</key>
<string></string>
<key>PayloadType</key>
<string>com.apple.systempreferences</string>
<key>PayloadUUID</key>
<string><!-- YOUR UUID HERE --></string>
<key>PayloadVersion</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</array>
<key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
<string>Disable Software Update Badges</string>
<key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
<string><!-- YOUR PAYLOAD ID HERE --></string>
<key>PayloadOrganization</key>
<string></string>
<key>PayloadScope</key>
<string>User</string>
<key>PayloadType</key>
<string>Configuration</string>
<key>PayloadUUID</key>
<string><!-- YOUR UUID HERE --></string>
<key>PayloadVersion</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
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