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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.
 

 
 
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 also downloads and prepares updates before prompting the user.
 
It has some disadvantages as well - for instance, it's not possible to have SUPER only prompt 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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NOTE: for all of the examples below, "ENGR - " versions exist in UT Jamf in the ENGR site.  I am working on templates and a script to make it easy for EPM to clone them to There are also templates that EPM can clone into your site.  Until that

For testing SUPER you will need several configuration profiles in your site (where "SITE" below should be your sitename, e.g ENGR, MECH, COFA, etc).  
 

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