Universal macOS background auto-updater script for the Cursor AI editor. Automates updates daily at 10:00 AM using Homebrew and launchd without losing custom multi-profile settings, account data, or…

A developer published a Bash script that automates daily updates of the Cursor AI editor on macOS using Homebrew and a launchd agent. The updater runs at 10:00 AM via a generated plist, logs to ~/Library/Logs/cursor_update.log, and includes install, disable, and uninstall functions that preserve custom multi-profile settings, account data, and launch shortcuts.

| | /bin/bash | | | USER HOME="$HOME" | | | USER NAME=$ whoami | | | SCRIPT DIR="$USER HOME/Scripts" | | | SCRIPT PATH="$SCRIPT DIR/auto update cursor.sh" | | | PLIST PATH="$USER HOME/Library/LaunchAgents/com.user.autoupdatecursor.plist" | | | LOG PATH="$USER HOME/Library/Logs/cursor update.log" | | | install updater { | | | echo "" | | | echo "=== Setting up Universal Cursor Auto-Updater ===" | | | 1. Ensure Homebrew is installed | | | if command -v brew & /dev/null && -f /opt/homebrew/bin/brew && -f /usr/local/bin/brew ; then | | | echo "❌ Error: Homebrew is not installed on this Mac. Please install Homebrew first." | | | return 1 | | | fi | | | 2. Check if manual copy of Cursor exists and link to Homebrew | | | echo "Checking Cursor installation status..." | | | if -d "/Applications/Cursor.app" ; then | | | echo "Cursor found in Applications. Linking Homebrew to manage it..." | | | /opt/homebrew/bin/brew install --cask --force cursor \|\| /usr/local/bin/brew install --cask --force cursor | | | else | | | echo "Installing Cursor via Homebrew..." | | | /opt/homebrew/bin/brew install --cask cursor \|\| /usr/local/bin/brew install --cask cursor | | | fi | | | 3. Create directories and local automation runner script | | | mkdir -p "$SCRIPT DIR" | | | echo "Generating update script at $SCRIPT PATH..." | | | cat << 'INNER EOF' "$SCRIPT PATH" | | | /bin/bash | | | export PATH="/opt/homebrew/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH" | | | echo "--- Cursor Update Check: $ date ---" | | | brew update 2 &1 | | | brew upgrade --cask cursor 2 &1 | | | echo "------------------------------------------------" | | | INNER EOF | | | chmod +x "$SCRIPT PATH" | | | 4. Clean up old background agent iterations if they exist | | | if launchctl list \| grep -q "com.user.autoupdatecursor"; then | | | launchctl unload "$PLIST PATH" 2 /dev/null | | | fi | | | 5. Generate background launch agent configuration plist | | | echo "Generating configuration agent file..." | | | cat << INNER EOF "$PLIST PATH" | | | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? | | | < DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://apple.com" | | | <plist version="1.0" | | | <dict | | | <key Label</key | | | <string com.user.autoupdatecursor</string | | | <key ProgramArguments</key | | | <array | | | <string /bin/bash</string | | | <string $SCRIPT PATH</string | | | </array | | | <key StartCalendarInterval</key | | | <dict | | | <key Hour</key | | | <integer 10</integer | | | <key Minute</key | | | <integer 0</integer | | | </dict | | | <key RunAtLoad</key | | | <true/ | | | <key StandardOutPath</key | | | <string $LOG PATH</string | | | <key StandardErrorPath</key | | | <string $LOG PATH</string | | | </dict | | | </plist | | | INNER EOF | | | 6. Load and start the updater agent | | | echo "Activating automatic updates in the background..." | | | launchctl load "$PLIST PATH" | | | launchctl kickstart -k gui/$ id -u /com.user.autoupdatecursor | | | echo "✅ Success Cursor will now update quietly every day at 10:00 AM." | | | echo "Logs are available at: ~/Library/Logs/cursor update.log" | | | } | | | disable updater { | | | echo "" | | | echo "=== Disabling Background Updates ===" | | | if -f "$PLIST PATH" ; then | | | launchctl unload "$PLIST PATH" 2 /dev/null | | | echo "⏸️ Background agent paused. Auto-updates will stop running until re-enabled." | | | else | | | echo "⚠️ No active update scheduler configuration found to disable." | | | fi | | | } | | | delete updater { | | | echo "" | | | echo "=== Uninstalling Cursor Auto-Updater system ===" | | | Stop background agent process cleanly | | | if -f "$PLIST PATH" ; then | | | launchctl unload "$PLIST PATH" 2 /dev/null | | | rm -f "$PLIST PATH" | | | echo "🗑️ Removed LaunchAgent scheduler configuration file." | | | fi | | | Remove the underlying runner execution script | | | if -f "$SCRIPT PATH" ; then | | | rm -f "$SCRIPT PATH" | | | echo "🗑️ Removed local update execution script file." | | | fi | | | Remove generated local log files | | | if -f "$LOG PATH" ; then | | | rm -f "$LOG PATH" | | | echo "🗑️ Removed tracker automation update log files." | | | fi | | | echo "✅ Complete cleanup finished. The auto-updater has been completely removed." | | | } | | | --- Interactive Terminal Choice Menu Interface --- | | | echo "=============================================" | | | echo " Cursor macOS Auto-Update Manager " | | | echo "=============================================" | | | echo "Logged in user: $USER NAME" | | | echo "" | | | echo "Select an action to perform:" | | | echo "1 Enable / Install Setup automated daily check " | | | echo "2 Disable / Pause Keep files, stop background runs " | | | echo "3 Delete / Remove Completely wipe out all script files " | | | echo "4 Exit" | | | echo "----------------------------------------------" | | | read -p "Enter choice 1-4 : " choice | | | case $choice in | | | 1 install updater ;; | | | 2 disable updater ;; | | | 3 delete updater ;; | | | 4 echo "Exiting application."; exit 0 ;; | | | echo "❌ Invalid input item choice. Exiting script execution."; exit 1 ;; | | | esac |