Manage Mac OSX Upgrade Notifications

Manage_Mac_OSX_Upgrade_Notification.md

Mac OSX Update Notifications

Credit where credit is due:

• http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/26/how-to-reset-the-ignored-software-updates-list/
• http://osxdaily.com/2018/10/26/stop-upgrade-macos-mojave-notifications/

Reset ignored notifications

/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --reset-ignored

Backup current configurations

# replace ~/Documents/OS\ Update\ Notifications with a backup path of your choice
#
mkdir -p ~/Documents/OS\ Update\ Notifications &&\
export OS_UPDATE_BACKUP_PATH=~/Documents/OS\ Update\ Notifications &&\
mv /Library/Bundles/OSXNotification.bundle ${OS_UPDATE_BACKUP_PATH}/

Turn Off Notifications

#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/softwareupdate --ignore macOSInstallerNotification_GM

Restore

• Browse the the /Library/Bundles/ directory
• Restore the OSXNotification.bundle file

#!/bin/bash
# replace with your backup path from above
#
mv ${OS_UPDATE_BACKUP_PATH}/OSXNotification.bundle /Library/Bundles/