Defer Tahoe for 90 days

[bogdanw]

Care to share a little 'How to' ?

You create a rule to block connections for /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileSoftwareUpdate.framework/Support/softwareupdated
But that will disable all updates, including those for Sequoia and XProtect.

Little Snitch 5 Help - Configuration - Create and edit rules
https://help.obdev.at/littlesnitch5/lsc-edit-rules
Protecting against malware in macOS
https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/security/sec469d47bd8/web

 

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But that will disable all updates, including those for Sequoia and XProtect.

I set the rules in their own group so I can temporarily disable them while I do a Sequoia update or run this to update xprotect manually:

sudo xprotect version && sudo xprotect check && sudo xprotect update

 

[ITsJamie]

You create a rule to block connections for /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileSoftwareUpdate.framework/Support/softwareupdated
But that will disable all updates, including those for Sequoia and XProtect.

Little Snitch 5 Help - Configuration - Create and edit rules
https://help.obdev.at/littlesnitch5/lsc-edit-rules
Protecting against malware in macOS
https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/security/sec469d47bd8/web

Thank you so much! I will pin this message for december, when the 'Defer90' runs out. I do hope there will be another trick to fake that your Macbook is not Tahoe capable or divert this update.

Time for some LTS versions Apple... I mean, I'm willing to try everything, but Tahoe?! Nope.

 

[bogdanw]

By December 15, Apple might consider macOS 26.0 so bad that it will no longer be available for download. So Tahoe might leave us alone until after Christmas.