I want to turn off the Mac update notification badge, can you help me?

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I want to turn off the Mac update notification badge, can you help me?

Hello? I need to collaborate with Finale on my Mac, so I want to turn off the MacOS Sequoia upgrade notification.

Because the application is no longer being developed, and Finale 27 is not compatible with MacOS Sequoia, I unfortunately have no choice but to use Sonoma.

However, when I check for updates in System Preferences, a notification badge appears! It annoys me every time I see it, so I searched for several blogs to try to remove the notification badge using the terminal command as instructed, but it doesn't get deleted at all!

sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS ”Sonoma”

sudo software update —reset-ignored

Defaults write com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs 0; killall Dock

Then I found this on another blog: sudo /usr/sbin/softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Sequoia I'm currently on Sonoma, but I tried to remove the Sequoia update notification badge by entering this command! I tried all the methods, but it didn't work! I'm a user of the MacBook Pro 2021 M1Pro model! I wonder if the command is different for each MacBook or if I'm doing something wrong.

The number displayed after the section called System Settings means the notification badge, right? Please give me some advice.

Please keep in mind that I'm a visually impaired person who uses VoiceOver, so please give me some advice.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 20, 2024 6:33 PM

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Answer 1

gjensse

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Oct 21, 2024 10:29 AM in response to jungmin224

This is driving me nuts. I´ve turned off all update notifications, but every time I open my Macbook it´s back! It cannot be turned off. I´ve been adviced not to upgrade the OS because the software I am using at work is not ready yet, but Apple keep nagging! This is so annoying. I want to concentrate on my work without being disturbed by a software update that I don´t want. It´s worse than a telephone salesman. Apple, can you please let me work in peace?

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Answer 2

steve626

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Oct 21, 2024 8:52 PM in response to gjensse

gjensse wrote:

This is driving me nuts. I´ve turned off all update notifications, but every time I open my Macbook it´s back! It cannot be turned off. I´ve been adviced not to upgrade the OS because the software I am using at work is not ready yet, but Apple keep nagging! This is so annoying. I want to concentrate on my work without being disturbed by a software update that I don´t want. It´s worse than a telephone salesman. Apple, can you please let me work in peace?

I believe that because these updates have IT security implications, the notifications will appear and there is not a way to turn them off (that I know of).

I get these notifications also because I purposefully wait for at least a few weeks until others have vetted new updates to the MacOS. I think this is purely a psychological thing. The way I handle it is when I see the update red badge, it reassures me that my Mac is working properly. So I see it as a good thing. The red badge has zero impact on the Mac's operations. And PRP and Etresoft both gave you suggestions that will work.

Look at it as a positive thing, it means you Mac is working the way it should. You can do the update at some later time when you know that all your software will work with Sequoia.

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etresoft

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Sep 20, 2024 6:47 PM in response to jungmin224

You'll have to drag the System Settings icon out of the dock if you don't want to see the notification badge. There's no way to remove it.

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PRP_53

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Sep 21, 2024 2:17 AM in response to jungmin224

As long as the computer Qualifies for the upGrade from macOS 14 Sonoma to macOS 15 Sequoia

The Apple Servers will badger the computer in some way and form

An option would to sort of trick the Servers into thinking the computer has downloaded macOS 15.0 Sequoia

If the computer has about 14.54 GB of unneeded space ?

Manually download the Full Version of Sequoia and leave it alone in the Application folder

Should this idea seem appealing ?

Post back for the instructions

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Answer 5

PRP_53

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Oct 22, 2024 1:43 AM in response to gjensse

gjensse wrote:

This is driving me nuts. I´ve turned off all update notifications, but every time I open my Macbook it´s back! It cannot be turned off. I´ve been adviced not to upgrade the OS because the software I am using at work is not ready yet, but Apple keep nagging! This is so annoying. I want to concentrate on my work without being disturbed by a software update that I don´t want. It´s worse than a telephone salesman. Apple, can you please let me work in peace?

These Forums are Hosted by Apple

Apple themselves are not here nor will they probably grant your request

You are better off speaking to your Company IT Department that are Managing this computer and all the other computers in the Company

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