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# Automatic app and OS updates

> Configure automatic update settings for macOS devices to keep apps and the operating system up to date in the background.

## Platform compatibility

| macOS | Windows | Linux | iOS / iPadOS | Android |
| ----- | ------- | ----- | ------------ | ------- |
| ✅     |         |       |              |         |

## How to set it up

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose which updates to automate">
    Toggle on the update behaviors you want to enforce:

    * **Download newly available updates in the background**
    * **Automatically install macOS updates**
    * **Automatically install App Store app updates**
    * **Automatically install security updates**
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select targeting">
    Choose which devices to apply the control to: all macOS devices, specific device groups, or a custom target.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Modify or remove the control

Disable the control from the profile settings. Disabling stops enforcement but does not remove existing configurations from devices.

## How it works

Primo pushes an MDM configuration payload that controls macOS Software Update behavior. Enabled toggles override the user's local Software Update preferences — users cannot disable the configured update behaviors.