Apple macOS RSR Update Notification Script

Overview

This script checks for macOS Rapid Security Response (RSR) updates and notifies the end user via Jamf Helper if an update is available. This is particularly useful for ensuring critical security patches are applied promptly.

Script: Apple_RSR_update_notify.sh

The script checks for available RSR updates using softwareupdate and displays a notification if one is found.

#!/bin/sh

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## script to check and install macOS Ventura RSR updates                                         #####
## Created by Shri Sivakumaran, Slack me @Shri / GitHub - macbudS                                #####
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description="Critical update for macOS Ventura !!!!

Apple released update to fix high severity vulnerability on macOS. Kindly install the updates as soon as possible from System Settings --> Gerenal --> Software Update.

System will restart at end of the update.

This process will take less than 5 minutes."

#icon=logo or image path

check=$(softwareupdate -l | grep Rapid | grep -o 'Rapid[^[:blank:]]*' | head -n 1)
 echo "$check"
 if [ -z "$check" ];
 then 

echo "No updates available for macOS"
else

/Library/Application\ Support/JAMF/bin/jamfHelper.app/Contents/MacOS/jamfHelper -button1 "Ok" -windowType "utility" -icon "$icon" -description "$description"  -heading "***IMPORTANT UPDATE***"  -defaultButton 1 -title "Message from IT team" -timeout 120

echo "Updates available for macOS Ventura"

fi

exit 0

Note: This script relies on Jamf Helper being installed on the client machine.