

Because updates that require restarts are skipped, end-users in the policy will not be impacted at all by updates.

Updates that require a restart will be completely skipped for this policy. This is designed to be as low-touch as possible. This option opts out of deploying updates that require a restart.
#Mac os check for os update install
Install ONLY updates that do not require a restart. When deploying System Updates through your Addigy Policies, you have a few options for how your devices should handle these restarts: If you would like to see previous method of Software Update supported, please contact Apple Support and request this using their feedback mechanisms.

More information about Big Sur and M1 (Silicon) is available here. Important Note for Big Sur : In macOS Big Sur, Updates that require Restart will prompt the user and then open System Preferences > Software Update to press `Install` or `Restart`. This change is to help improve Software Updates on macOS Big Sur, as Apple continues to deprecate the ability to perform Software Updates using their tools. It is important that you set this up separately for each policy that should be receiving updates that require a restart. Note: Restart Settings are not inherited by child policies. If you'd like to deploy updates to individual machines, check out our article GoLive - System Updates. This article covers deploying macOS System Updates to a group of Macs through Addigy Policies. Some System Updates for macOS require the device to restart to finish the update process.
