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A.F

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Sep 1, 2025
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Greetings,

Rather than pestering a helpful individual further, i thought i'd make a new thread instead.
Would ideally wish for a mobileconfig that disables the automated checking/version comparing MacOS does to determine if/which updates are available.
To reiterate for avoidance of confusion, am not after disabling auto-download or auto-installation (already sorted there); am after disabling, additionally, the initial background check taking place.
There was a publicly available profile for that, worked on 10.X.X, does not in Sequoia. As per title, was wondering if anyone could 'port' this of sorts and make it functioning again? Listing below:

Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>PayloadContent</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>PayloadContent</key>
            <dict>
                <key>com.apple.SoftwareUpdate</key>
                <dict>
                    <key>Forced</key>
                    <array>
                        <dict>
                            <key>mcx_preference_settings</key>
                            <dict>
                                <key>AutomaticCheckEnabled</key>
                                <false/>
                            </dict>
                        </dict>
                    </array>
                </dict>
            </dict>
            <key>PayloadEnabled</key>
            <true/>
            <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
            <string>MCXToProfile.E4BE126A-F7CF-4738-A44D-7962DAC39EAE.alacarte.customsettings.1BA4D5D7-30AA-4104-A181-926028E594C6</string>
            <key>PayloadType</key>
            <string>com.apple.ManagedClient.preferences</string>
            <key>PayloadUUID</key>
            <string>1BA4D5D7-30AA-4104-A181-926028E594C6</string>
            <key>PayloadVersion</key>
            <integer>1</integer>
        </dict>
    </array>
    <key>PayloadDescription</key>
    <string>This profile disables Software Update's automated check for new Apple software updates</string>
    <key>PayloadDisplayName</key>
    <string>Disable Automated Check for Apple Software Updates</string>
    <key>PayloadIdentifier</key>
    <string>com.company.disable_apple_software_update_check</string>
    <key>PayloadOrganization</key>
    <string>Company Name</string>
    <key>PayloadRemovalDisallowed</key>
    <false/>
    <key>PayloadScope</key>
    <string>System</string>
    <key>PayloadType</key>
    <string>Configuration</string>
    <key>PayloadUUID</key>
    <string>E4BE126A-F7CF-4738-A44D-7962DAC39EAE</string>
    <key>PayloadVersion</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

As taken from here: https://github.com/rtrouton/profile...atedCheckforAppleSoftwareUpdates.mobileconfig

My thanks in advance for your time,
A.F
 
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