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Apple Software Update Settings

Kevin edited this page Oct 17, 2024 · 4 revisions

The built-in macOS software update mechanism has its own features and settings that may interfere with the super workflow and cause user confusion. While not required to use super, you should strongly consider deploying the Apple software update settings documented on this page.

Manage Automatic Apple Software Updates

To avoid built-in automatic software updates from interfering with the super workflow, you may want to disable the automatic downloading and "installing" of system updates. (As a reminder, Apple's idea of "installing" system updates via this mechanism is to prompt the user via macOS notification to allow for the restart.) That being said, it's advisable to leave other automatic Apple software update features enabled, especially those that deal with security updates.

To manage automatic Apple software update settings via MDM deploy a configuration profile with a payload for the com.apple.SoftwareUpdate preference domain containing the appropriate payload keys.

The super repository contains a complete example MDM configuration profile with the suggested automatic Apple software update settings.

A software update configuration profile in Jamf Pro

A software update configuration profile in Jamf Pro

Disable Software Update Notifications

Users may be confused when presented with notifications from both the built-in Apple automatic software updates and super, as such you should consider disabling the automatic Apple software update notifications.

To disable automatic Apple software update notifications via MDM you deploy a configuration profile with a payload for the com.apple.notificationsettings preference domain and a custom managed client payload for thecom.apple.systempreferences preference domain.

The super repository contains a complete example MDM configuration profile to disable automatic Apple software update notifications.

A software update notifications configuration profile in Jamf Pro

A software update notifications configuration profile in Jamf Pro

A software update notifications configuration profile in Jamf Pro

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