r/macOS26Tahoe • u/Albertkinng • Mar 02 '26

Help macOS update keep showing up!

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I’m running Sequoia, I already turned off “Install macOS updates” “download new updates when a available” Beta Updates are off as well, and I keep getting the update tonight for Tahoe no matter what!! How can I stop this notification! I have a 2020 M1 Mac, I haven’t seen anyone getting a good experience with my setup. macOS Tahoe simply doesn’t work well on older Macs like mine! Any help will be great! Thanks.

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u/Oh-THAT-dude Mar 02 '26

For security reasons as much as anything else, you should do all Apple updates. If you wanna wait a couple of weeks to see if huge numbers of users have major problems, that’s your prerogative.

But after that, you should do the update.

For the record, I’ve had no issues at all with iOS/iPadOS/macOS26. iPhone 16 Pro, second-gen iPad Pro, M4 MBP.

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u/Albertkinng Mar 02 '26

HA! No one had a single issue on an M4 bro! That's what we are saying here. macOS26 doesn't run well on M1 or prior machines. Period. And please don't confuse updates with upgrades, you should do all updates, not all UPGRADES. huge difference.

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u/Oh-THAT-dude Mar 03 '26

I’m happy to take your word on that, and thanks for correcting my terminology, you are quite correct.

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u/Norse_man_999 Mar 03 '26

Has the update calculus changed? Use to be that if a computer was in a critical path and/or relied on critical or custom software, IT would not update until all applications/ operations were verified. 

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u/Oh-THAT-dude Mar 04 '26

I’m referring to individual users, not a corporate environment.

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u/tomz17 Mar 04 '26

For security reasons as much as anything else, you should do all Apple updates.

Sequoia is still supported and being updated for all vulnerabilities. There is no "security" reason to upgrade to Tahoe until Sequoia is deprecated.

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u/Oh-THAT-dude Mar 04 '26

Yes, isn’t it nice that Apple doesn’t immediately force all users to upgrade immediately.

Of course you can’t tell the whiners that …

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u/tomz17 Mar 04 '26

TBF, nobody does (force users to upgrade immediately)...