If by "block updates", you are interested not just in preventing the upgrade, but in preventing prompts to upgrade to Catalina from appearing in Software Updates at all, Apple have made that harder, but there is still a way, outlined in my answer here. Minor OS software updates: Minor OS software updates, such as macOS 12.x, are deferred for 30 days by default, unless otherwise specified in the Delay visibility of minor OS software updates field. But you still have to click on 'Upgrade Now' in the Catalina upgrade prompt in System Updates for it to occur.
Even if you have Sys Prefs > Software Upgrade > Automatically keep my Mac up to date checked, or all of the options under Advanced (including Install MacOS updates) checked, your machine will not will automatically install Catalina.Īpple has gotten very naggy about pushing the Catalina upgrade lately, even deprecating the ability to ignore the update prompt, per answer.
If you are on an earlier major version, such as High Sierra or Mojave, and all you are interested in is how to "block updates" to Catalina, ie prevent the upgrade from automatically occuring, then you don't need to do anything.Īt least as of Sep 2020, Apple does not force major version upgrades. Note that, in order to make these changes, you must boot from another disk, otherwise System is read only. However the effect of these flags should be investigated.Ī more drastic solution could be to remove the SoftwareUpdateNotification Manager from the core services. Namely the UNSuppressUserAuthorization flag. Namely, from /System/Library/LaunchAgents, move to /System/Library/LaunchAgentsIgnored.Īdditionally (but it is not clear to me if really needed), I changed the notification configurations in /System/Library/UserNotifications/Bundles//Contents/ist. The other method is to initiate Spotlight by clicking on Command-Space. First, list all the available updates using softwareupdate -l, like we did above. That’s annoying, but you can work around this using the Terminal. There’s no way, in the Mac App Store, to download an update manually without also triggering the installation. Click on the Apple icon and select Software Update. Download macOS Updates From the Terminal Without Installing. It seems that I solved by removing the SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager launcher. You can complete updates by visiting the Mac App Store. If you’re looking for a VST bridge for Windows, please click here. If an update isn’t available before macOS Monterey ships, check with the developer soon afterwards. macOS Catalina ( 10.15 ) and newer versions are NOT supported. Prioritize the apps you use most often, and then x update the other apps when you have the time. note : This software works in Mac OS X, from version 10.6 to 10.14 only.
No way to solve the problem via the terminal using: sudo softwareupdate -ignore "macOS Catalina" jBridgeM is a generic VST bridge for Mac OS X VST hosts/plugins ( up to the VST 2.4 specification ).