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Enable Automatic Software Updates in macOS Catalina

  • October 29, 2019
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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

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  • October 29, 2019

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  • October 30, 2019

Awesome, thanks!


szultzie
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  • August 28, 2020

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