

The main gotcha with this one is that you won’t see the update badge for other updates that may be relevant to your current install, so you’re going to need to develop the habit of making a regular check. #Malware used runonly applescripts to avoid update

A weekly or fortnightly Reminder or Calendar alert could be useful here. While that might seem like you’re replacing one notification with another, at least it would be one that will leave you in peace during whatever interval you set between reminders. Undoing the workaround is as simple as removing the alias from the Dock and replacing it with the original. Of course, if you’re done with the alias don’t forget to delete it from the Applications folder, too. Removing the Badge Icon in System Preferences Pane If you happened to try the defaults workaround, the way to reverse that is with the same command but replacing the 0 with a 1. This is the trickiest one, as in fact there is no way to keep the icon in the pane without the badge. What we can do, however, is hide the icon entirely. That doesn’t mean we lose access to Software Update, however, as I’ll explain below. #Malware used runonly applescripts to avoid download.#Malware used runonly applescripts to avoid code.

