This is not a solution, but a work around. The solution is to Pull the preference file then restart. ~Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist - move to trash. Restart. Issue Resolved!
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Remove system settings update badge
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That is not a solution for three reasons:
- you are unnecessarily deleting the entire preference file, when you could be deleting just the notification;
- it will re-appear when the system or the user will search for updates;
- restart is not necessary.
For such a temporary solution, use #22 :
Code:
defaults delete com.apple.systempreferences AttentionPrefBundleIDs; defaults delete com.apple.systempreferences DidShowPrefBundleIDs; killall DockIncorrect!
-It is the solution, every time! Been doing it for years. Trained by Apple, Apple certified technician here!
-It is not unnecessary, it resets the preference file after a restart. The restart is necessary for this reason.
-It does not re-appear when the system or other user searches for updates. Promise.
Huh?! It worked, so far. The nice bloke with the app he created for that, he is a nice bloke but it doesn’t work anymore, unfortunately.
I tried both methods on 3 Mac mini and one MacBook Pro, only second method worked on all. Case closed.
I tried both methods on 3 Mac mini and one MacBook Pro, only second method worked on all. Case closed.
VideoIncorrect!
-It is the solution, every time! Been doing it for years. Trained by Apple, Apple certified technician here!
-It is not unnecessary, it resets the preference file after a restart. The restart is necessary for this reason.
-It does not re-appear when the system or other user searches for updates. Promise.
The solution doesn't work. I've tried a couple of approaches. But what I'm noticing is that the badge seems to eventually go away. This suggests that Apple is aware this is annoying people and changed their code, to be less annoying. But they still don't get it, there are valid reasons for not updating certain systems.