![]() Double click on the rule and change to Block.In Lulu > Rules search for softwareupdated and block software updates again.Reenable the Firewall Rule blocking Software Updates System Preferences > Software Updates > Advanced activate the items you wish to update.Double click on the rule and change to Allow.In Lulu > Rules search for softwareupdated and temporarily allow software updates.Manually Check for App Updates and/or macOS Updates In System Preferences > Software Updates > Advanced - make sure that all software update settings are set to disabled System Preferences > Software Updates > Advanced change any update setting to trigger a software update request Lulu Preferences > Rules > Uncheck All, so that you will see all Firewall prompts initially.Also available is version 1.2 for older macOS versions. Objective-See: LuLu Application Firewall - Big Sur is recommended for version 2.4. The obvious first step is to completely disable all updates in System Preferences, but surprisingly this alone does not stop the clickable notifications. Re-enable it temporarily when you want to do manual updates. The short answer is to install the LuLu Application Firewall and block the process softwareupdated when prompted. This has recently become even more important, since the Monterey update from 12.2.1 to 12.3 has caused serious issues with AMD 50 series graphics cards for many users. I have now tested blocking softwareupdated for a few weeks and it works as intended. Related questions: How to block updates to Mac OS X Catalina? / Remove macOS Big Sur "Upgrade Now" button in System Preferences / How can I permanently disable App Store notifications in Big Sur? Who can confirm that this works in the long run?Īre there any other options to accomplish this? I am currently testing another proposed solution which is to install the Lulu application firewall and then to block /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/Resources/softwareupdated.īlocking and re-enabling softwareupdated for manual updates would be less cumbersome than disabling and re-enabling the system protected LaunchAgent, but I am not quite sure, if it will actually prevent the notifications from appearing. This is cumbersome as it means a lot of steps including additional reboots when updates are desired and manually initiated. Also the notification will reappear if Software Updates is selected in System Preferences. Moving from /System/Library/LaunchAgents to /System/Library/LaunchAgentsIgnored, but in order to make these changes, one must boot from another disk, otherwise System is read only. (Only available in High Sierra up to Catalina with Apple Business Manager enrollment, Apple School Manager enrollment or Enrollment in a user-approved MDM) Softwareupdate -ignore “macOS Big Sur”, but this is not available any more as a command option and would block only major upgrades not minor or security upgrades AFAIK. Previously the following has been suggested: Yet I still want to be able to manually initiate software updates when desired. I want to stop macOS from showing all the Software Update notification banners to prevent accidental updates. In spite of this macOS continues to show Notification Banners in Catalina (and Big Sur) which some users accidentally click to initiate an update. To block the caller select Block this Caller.The Software Updates in System Preferences are all disabled. Here you’ll see options to place a FaceTime or FaceTime Audio call, block this caller, or add the caller to your contacts. To do so, tap on Recents, then tap on the white triangle next to the time the call was placed. If you get a FaceTime call from an unknown person or spammer, you can easily block it. On the other hand with FaceTime, Apple does get it right. Hopefully in a future update, Apple will fix this issue with blocking people from Messages. Since it is in your contacts you can then block it, but I don’t really want a list of spam in my contact list. Theoretically you could add the spammer to a contact that would contain a list of people who are spammers. Instead there are options to add the address to your contacts or compose a new email. Right clicking on the Senders name does not give you the option to block them. When you get spam texts there is no easy way to block the person. For Messages, the person you want to block must be in your contacts, unlike in iOS 7 where the person does not have to be in your contact list. There is a limitation to blocking someone from the Mac. In FaceTime, you click on his name and then press the Unblock button. In Messages, you select his name so it is highlighted in blue, and then either press the – button in the lower left hand corner or the delete key on the keyboard. The steps to unblock a contact are a little different than the directions to block someone. ![]() In the example below, I do not want to block Mark Gurman, so I’m going to unblock him.
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