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Does anyone know of a script that can check this box? The script below works in macOS Mojave, but not macOS Catalina.

!/bin/sh

/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticallyInstallMacOSUpdates -bool true
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticCheckEnabled -bool true
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticDownload -bool true
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist CriticalUpdateInstall -bool true
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist ConfigDataInstall -bool true
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.commerce.plist AutoUpdate -bool true

Rich Trouton has this profile to enable Apple software updates.
https://github.com/rtrouton/profiles/tree/master/EnableAutomaticDownloadandInstallationofAppleSoftwareUpdates

Awesome, thanks!

Is there any way to make these updates run in the middle of the night?

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