Avoiding the Badge

[mrmister]

I have to admit—I'm avoiding the badge by not applying any of the security updates. I updated to whatever the last one was that wasn't making the badge eternal, and am sitting there.

I know this is not best practices, but I don't want to update until I can easily kill the badge by doing, at most, one terminal command. Not interested in copying old frameworks, or modifying the system.

It seems like for now, we're screwed. Is that correct?

 

[davidlv]

I have to admit—I'm avoiding the badge by not applying any of the security updates. I updated to whatever the last one was that wasn't making the badge eternal, and am sitting there.

I know this is not best practices, but I don't want to update until I can easily kill the badge by doing, at most, one terminal command. Not interested in copying old frameworks, or modifying the system.

It seems like for now, we're screwed. Is that correct?

Here are the "Red Badge Killer" commands for Terminal. Make a text edit file with the commands, keep it handy and copy-paste them in one-by-one (handy to have the Terminal or iTerm2 in the Dock for easy access:
1. sudo softwareupdate --ignore "macOS Catalina"
2. defaults delete com.apple.preferences.softwareupdate LatestMajorOSSeenByUserBundleIdentifier
3. softwareupdate --list

After the first time, you may find the No. 2 and No. 3 are enough.

The badge will disappear until you accesss the System Update preference pane again.

System preferences software update badge

Hello, this walk-through works before the Security supplemental update, So I have to repeat it? Or is not working anymore? What do you mean with "We need to remove and go back to the safer framework, lot of work too"? Thanks Camelia

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[mrmister]

Thanks so much for this—we're sure these work until the software update pane is accessed again? If that's true I'll go ahead and do the updates.

 

[mrmister]

Done and done—looks like it works. Fingers crossed.

 

[davidlv]

Thanks so much for this—we're sure these work until the software update pane is accessed again? If that's true I'll go ahead and do the updates.

I am not sure about "We are", but on my creepingly old 2012 iMac, the Red Vitamin Pill stays away until I access the System Preferences Software update pane. Which I never do nowadays, as I have everything in there turned off and I use SilentKnight to make sure all the important stuff like Gatekeeper and xprotect are up to date. Now, when Apple brings out a new update, I cringe and run for the asprin bottle and follow the directions explicitly, that is
"Take 2 and keep away from children."

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