Actually my bad there’s a few OCLP users doing that here so this is a great config profile to share with my OCLP friends on the Mac servers. thanks !
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Defer Tahoe for 90 days
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Happy New Year! (without Tahoe) 
Next date to watch: 1 February 2026, 90 days since the release of macOS Tahoe 26.1 (3 November 2025).
Next date to watch: 1 February 2026, 90 days since the release of macOS Tahoe 26.1 (3 November 2025).
Happy New Year! No Tahoe as well 🙂
BTW I just discovered that Mail in Tahoe has removed the option of ’No download of remote content’ or maybe it’s just somewhere else. Someone was complaining about it
BTW I just discovered that Mail in Tahoe has removed the option of ’No download of remote content’ or maybe it’s just somewhere else. Someone was complaining about it
I used the Defer90.mobileconfig script mentioned earlier in this thread. I installed it after a Sequoia update on Sep, 19th 2025.
EDIT: Just checked, it is still holding strong
Happy New Year everyone!
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I'm a little late to the party here, but deferring updates on iOS devices is easy. Enroll yourself in the iOS 18 public beta channel and iOS 26 will not appear. ...This is "safe" because they're not actually putting out iOS 18 beta builds anymore, but you still get the regular updates (18.7.1, 18.7.2, 18.7.3, ...).
...This likely will not work for much longer, as they'll stop offering iOS 18 builds for devices that are eligible for iOS 26. You will be able to stay on iOS 18 this way, but you'll stop getting security updates. However, you can use the same trick later this year when iOS 27 is released, if you want.
The same thing works with most other OS's (tvOS, iPadOS, ...). But you can't use the same "trick" to permanently defer macOS updates, at least not without disruption. Apple does still put out beta builds for macOS 15 and 14 updates, so if you enroll in the macOS 15 public beta to avoid Tahoe, you'll be getting offered a new Sequoia beta/RC build every week or so.
I just noticed that the "profile" policies to defer macOS have been deprecated (as already mentioned in this thread), so I'm a little bit concerned about how this is going to look later this year when macOS 27 is released. I do like having the option to stay a release behind, and without being nagged about it.......
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You are quite late, even MacRumors wrote an article
Don't Want to Upgrade to iOS 26? Here's How to Stay on iOS 18 [Update: Now Unavailable]
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/19/ios-18-forced-ios-26-upgrade/
and some threads
End of the line for iOS 18 updates?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/end-of-the-line-for-ios-18-updates.2473964/
Update to 18.7.3 isn't showing up
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/update-to-18-7-3-isnt-showing-up.2474673/
iOS 18.7.3 ― Bug Fixes, Changes, and Improvements
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ios-18-7-3-bug-fixes-changes-and-improvements.2474180/page-3
When I enrolled a Sequoia virtual machine into the beta program, Tahoe was still being shown as an available update.
Some tricks for September 2026
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/defer-tahoe-for-90-days.2465304/post-34336909
Mine just shows a 15.7.4 preview build....... but I do have the 90-day deferral policy in place and maybe that still hasn't kicked in yet.
Anyone played with free MDM solutions?
I'm looking at, for example, ManageEngine which has a free plan for managing up to 25 devices.
I'm wondering if that would be a simpler way to "defer upgrades" or manage OS updates. Might try it out in the next few days.
I'm looking at, for example, ManageEngine which has a free plan for managing up to 25 devices.
I'm wondering if that would be a simpler way to "defer upgrades" or manage OS updates. Might try it out in the next few days.
I meant to point out that, unlike on iOS, just enrolling into the beta program on macOS does not hide the upgrade option, Tahoe now.
Deferring upgrades/updates on macOS does not require MDM.
In Apple’s documentation the options that are only available through MDM appear with “Requires supervision”.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/restrictions
In iMazing Profile Editor, “Supervision required” is mentioned under the values that require MDM.
Hi, just got this message—sure enough, without a 'x' close button, although I did install the following:
- SoftwareUpdate.mobileconfig profile
- NoBubbleNew.mobileconfig profile
Tahoe is still hidden by Defer90.mobileconfig, install that profile. Reboot after.
This did the job: I saw the notification literally disappear during the startup process. Thought this profile wasn't active anymore after the 90 days from Tahoe's release date 🤔 Many thanks
macOS Tahoe Version 26.0 is no longer available,
softwareupdate --list-full-installers lists 26.2, 26.1 and 26.0.1
so with deferring or turning off automatic updates y'all still get this notification ?
That was without the defer profile.
No notification with the profile installed.
Video https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-is-getting-pushy.2475956/post-34387432