Mario Panighetti

macOS 12.3 beta release notes indicate Apple's actively working on improving reliability of software update checks and update enforcement MDM commands, so hopefully we'll see some stability on the other...

Thanks, I didn't realize the beta programs wrote values to that plist that need to persist. What is the correct CatalogURL in these cases?

@master-vodawagner I've updated the `restart_softwareupdate_daemon` function to restore the CatalogURL key if previously defined, can you confirm that addresses the issue you're seeing before I merge and add a new...

I like the idea, but do we have any confidence that `--no-scan` will function when `softwareupdate` is in a hanging/broken/sad state? It's not a documented argument in latest macOS (maybe...

That's not expected behavior. The script should switch to an automatic enforcement mode once the deferral deadline has passed. If you can reproduce this behavior on a test system, could...

It would also help to get the output of `sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.github.mpanighetti.install-or-defer.plist` to verify the system's deadline date/time after this occurs.

Yeah, I suspect this is due to the very large size of newer macOS updates. If you open System Preferences > Software Update and attempt to run the update in...

Thanks for helping test this out! Software update instability seems to be a pretty widespread issue with recent macOS Big Sur and macOS Monterey updates, I've seen it discussed all...

Yeah, I've turned off software update collection in Jamf Pro inventory in our environment to lighten the load on that process. Any reduction in checks in this script, or moving...

Hey, we unfortunately don't have surefire fixes for this issue at the moment, since software update reliability seems to have tanked considerably with recent macOS Big Sur and Monterey updates...