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SUPER aka S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N is a script for fully-automating macOS updates. It uses IBM Notifier 3.x (which it auto-installs) to provide customizable popup notices like Nudge, and automates the macOS update procedure similar to using Nudge with NudgeHelper.
 
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SUPER has some advantages over Nudge+NudgeHelper - for instance, the user never sees the macOS Updates dialog, and by default it is configured so that once they've entered their password for updating one time, they won't have to enter it again.  
 
It has some disadvantages as well - for instance, it's not possible to have SUPER only come up if macOS is not a specific minor version, unlike Nudge.  If a new minor version of macOS is released, SUPER will detect it and prompt for updates.

SUPER can be configured with different types of deadlines for installing updates:

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When it first prompts it will look like this:
 
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(If the deadline is close, the "Defer" time will be the time until the deadline, otherwise it will be the number of minutes configured in the "Default Deferral Timer" option)
 
 
If you click on Restart, on an Apple Silicon Mac you'll get the user auth dialog:
 

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NOTE: the password will get saved in the user's keychain - next time the Mac needs updates, the user will not be prompted!
 
 
IF you enter the wrong password twice it will abort, and you'll get the error dialog:
 
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Once you've entered your password (or immediately on an Intel Mac) you'll see the restart message:
 
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Full details on using & configuring SUPER are in the SUPER wiki at https://github.com/Macjutsu/super/wiki

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