I am trying to restrict Monterey Installations for the time being using Software Restriction in Jamf.
I have 2 restrictions. 1 for Beta and 1 for release.
When the installer runs I see the process name in Activity Monitor
Install macOS Monterey beta.app
I have this listed in the Restrict Software under Process Name.
But when I run the installer the process does not kill on the machine that is being restricted.
Is something not correct in my Restrict Software setup?
Thank you.
@Ryan_A_GDX For Catalina - putting aside the config profile inconsistencies- my testing has shown that you CAN still block Monterey using the "softwareupdates --ignore "macOS Monterey". This method is deprecated/no longer works for Big Sur 11.x onwards, BUT if you are fortunate/unfortunate enough to still have mac devices in your fleet running Catalina, this method will work.
no, it doesn't work. I am on catalina 10.15.7 :
sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Monterey"
Ignored updates:
(
"macOSInstallerNotification_GM"
)
Software Update can only ignore updates that are eligible for installation.
If the label provided to ignore is not in the above list, it is not eligible
to be ignored.
Ignoring software updates is deprecated.
no, it doesn't work. I am on catalina 10.15.7 :
sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Monterey"
Ignored updates:
(
"macOSInstallerNotification_GM"
)
Software Update can only ignore updates that are eligible for installation.
If the label provided to ignore is not in the above list, it is not eligible
to be ignored.
Ignoring software updates is deprecated.
it would appear that the update is not being presented to the mac device you are using. Perhaps you have deferrals in place. I can confirm 100% that the process I detailed in previous post DOES work IF the update is presented to the device. As already covered, yes the function is deprecated from Big Sur onwards, however does work for Catalina devices. Also - the device needs to be MDM managed. There was another post JN relating to this. Apple mandated this was a requirement in order to use this --ignore functionality.
it would appear that the update is not being presented to the mac device you are using. Perhaps you have deferrals in place. I can confirm 100% that the process I detailed in previous post DOES work IF the update is presented to the device. As already covered, yes the function is deprecated from Big Sur onwards, however does work for Catalina devices. Also - the device needs to be MDM managed. There was another post JN relating to this. Apple mandated this was a requirement in order to use this --ignore functionality.
Thanks RJH, seems I have to learn more about this MDM stuff. All this is new for me and I don't yet understand the conditions involved for this to work. I am on Intel based MBpro - Catalina 10.15.7.
It has been 98 days since Monterey was released. Is there a way to restrict major software update past the 90 days limit in Config Profile, restrictions, functionality (tab), defer update? I don't mind people downloading and updating it but I rather not have it advertised as the default option when updating.
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