+4Hi,
I am looking for the terminal command to untick the options in the advanced window of the software update window.
I have "Automatically keep my Mac up to date" unticked but how do I untick the "check for updates", "download new updates when available" using a command in terminal?
+1For unchecking "Check for updates"
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticCheckEnabled -bool false
For unchecking "Download new updates when available"
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticDownload -bool false
+4Hi,
Thanks for the above.
When I try those commands I get this message:
2020-03-27 14:15:14.695 defaults[13402:57826] Could not write domain /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist; exiting
+5Hi,
I used this for Mojave
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticallyInstallMacOSUpdates -bool false
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticCheckEnabled -bool false
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist AutomaticDownload -bool false
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist CriticalUpdateInstall -bool false
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate.plist ConfigDataInstall -bool false
/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.commerce.plist AutoUpdate -bool false
+4Hi
So if you disable those but have a Software Update policy, how would they interact together?
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