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(No longer possible) Defer Tahoe for 90 days
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PotentPeas
macrumors 6502a
I have upgraded to 15.7.5 as well and I am mildly surprised to see the same behavior here. Based on what people who ended up on 15.7.5 RC were seeing, I was sure this would be the end of it...
PotentPeas
macrumors 6502a
Yes, I just updated to the final build and this is what I got.
Uh oh. I had defer90.mobileconfig installed prior to upgrading from macOS 15.7.4 to 15.7.5. Tahoe was still deferred at first, but now it's being offered again. Also, nothing shows as deferred:
Code:
$ softwareupdate --list-full-installers
Finding available software
Software Update found the following full installers:
* Title: macOS Tahoe, Version: 26.4, Size: 17811245KiB, Build: 25E246, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Tahoe, Version: 26.3.2, Size: 17514167KiB, Build: 25D2140, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Tahoe, Version: 26.3.1, Size: 17509994KiB, Build: 25D2128, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Tahoe, Version: 26.3, Size: 17102233KiB, Build: 25D125, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Tahoe, Version: 26.2, Size: 16975578KiB, Build: 25C56, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Tahoe, Version: 26.1, Size: 16890687KiB, Build: 25B78, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.7.4, Size: 15284807KiB, Build: 24G517, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.7.3, Size: 15286709KiB, Build: 24G419, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Sequoia, Version: 15.7.2, Size: 15285166KiB, Build: 24G325, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Sonoma, Version: 14.8.4, Size: 13337772KiB, Build: 23J319, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Sonoma, Version: 14.8.3, Size: 13338019KiB, Build: 23J220, Deferred: NO
* Title: macOS Sonoma, Version: 14.8.2, Size: 13337816KiB, Build: 23J126, Deferred: NOTahoe 26.4 now appears in Software Update, with the defer profile installed. :-(
It might be a temporary glitch, or Apple has decided to push it to all Macs that can install it.
It might be a temporary glitch, or Apple has decided to push it to all Macs that can install it.
PotentPeas
macrumors 6502a
Confirming the same behavior here. It was still being deferred an hour ago or so (right after I installed 15.7.5), but now it is not, and Tahoe appears as an option in System Settings even with the deferral policy installed.
Roberto Smera
macrumors newbie
otetzone
macrumors regular
Confirmed. After updating to 15.7.5
I removed and reinstalled the profiles from the start and rebooted yet no dice.
I removed and reinstalled the profiles from the start and rebooted yet no dice.
katbel
macrumors 601
katbel
macrumors 601
Thanks but didn’t work for me, I guess it should include some apple canada address
In my opinion, blocking software updates with a firewall is not a good idea because it blocks updates for XProtect and Rosetta.
There is a thread about blocking with a firewall
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/help-list-of-macos-update-agents.2479749/
Disregard my comments, as I misunderstood the question, and ask @losthismarbles what he blocked.
There is a thread about blocking with a firewall
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/help-list-of-macos-update-agents.2479749/
Disregard my comments, as I misunderstood the question, and ask @losthismarbles what he blocked.
losthismarbles
macrumors regular
As the man says;
I know.. enough.. about what i'm doing, it being why i'm doing it. Would not necessarily recommend to anyone.
- Rosetta doesn't exist for me; am on an M4 MB, i have zero "universal" apps installed, i shall never install any app lest i know it's also not "universal"; on purpose. Rosetta could die in a fire and i'd never know.
- XProtect is sometimes a hindrance, other times a joke; most times however, it is very essential; lest your use cases are such that a) the "dangers" out there aren't your dangers, b) what could bypass it is not able to do so without your explicit knowledge. This is very user dependant.
- Have other software to mitigate what factors i deem important/inescapable/uncontrolled by me.
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Upon more careful examination, the value I mentioned yesterday is only available for MDM.
So, it’s not possible to be included in a configuration profile like the one we used.
https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/39467
So, it’s not possible to be included in a configuration profile like the one we used.
https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet/issues/39467
PotentPeas
macrumors 6502a
Back to thinking that I'm going to look into free MDM solutions to just handle this for myself and a few family members. In addition to providing options to defer updates which are not otherwise available, it would allow me to have at least some "control" over when major updates are applied without having to go and touch each individual device.
Fleet itself might be fine. Looks like you can use it for free and with no restrictions if you self-host.
Still doesn't let you get around or further extend the 90-day defer window. You could possibly force devices onto the beta channel for the prior release to prevent the next major update from being shown or installed, but that strategy also has issues which vary depending on which platform we are talking about.
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PotentPeas
macrumors 6502a
Have a system second system that I am patching today. It is still on 15.7.4 and it is also now showing the Tahoe update. So, the removal of the deferral seems to be a change that Apple made server-side and not dependent on installing 15.7.5.
SDAVE
macrumors 601
Dumb workaround for now:
Enable Sequoia Public Beta and you won't get a notification.
Enable Sequoia Public Beta and you won't get a notification.