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automatic unattended macOS update?

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[The title of this post is somewhat more general than the problem at hand, because a general solution, if any, would be useful in other situations.] There is an update to macOS itself (Ventura 13.3) but I want to do it after Time Machine finishes the current backup. But, Time Machine says that it will take 18 hours. How can I ask the OS to update itself, unattended, after Time Machine finishes **or** after 24 hours, say. Or, would the updater wait for Time Machine to finish? (I don't want to try.) I don't mind using the command line tool softwareupdate: I could just say sleep $((24*60*60)) && sudo softwareupdate -r, but I don't know how to supply my password to the updater.
Asked by Ryo (161 rep)
Mar 29, 2023, 09:35 AM
Last activity: Mar 30, 2023, 12:05 AM