To add to Tim’s response, beginning with Big Sur, some alerts or dialogues cannot be acted upon as they were in earlier versions of macOS. In these situations, you may find it necessary to use the Actions menu in order to interact with the alert. To access the Actions menu, press VO + CMD + Spacebar, to open the Actions menu, then use the up/down arrow keys to navigate the choices in the menu, and then press the Enter key to activate your selection.
With respect to Application updates in the AppStore app, once in the update section, accessed using CMD + NumberRow 8, you will need to interact with the Details area in order to access individual app updates. There are 2 sections in the Details area to be aware of, the Available section, and the Previously Installed section. You will need to interact with the Available section in order to access pending updates. Each pending update will need to be interacted with in order to perform the install button for that update. Alternatively, you may find a ToolBar, that may be interacted with, where you will find an Update All button, if you wish to not interact with each pending update individually. HTH. - Brad - On May 20, 2021, at 09:32, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: Hi, The System dialogs are accessed using VO-f1-f1, the Application Chooser. After bringing it up, arrow down to System, then right to open the sub-menu to see the specific alerts. Press return to access the alert. With respect to updates, it depends on whether they are app updates or MacOS updates. In Big Sur and a few earlier MacOS versions, the MacOS updates are now in System Preferences, Software Update. If there are app updates, when in the App Store, press cmd-8 to bring up the updates screen. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On May 20, 2021, at 8:19 AM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com > <mailto:junglebookfa...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > This has probably been asked multiple times, but I’ve been having the hardest > time figuring out how to do the following sense updating to Mac OS Big Sur. > First of all, when those occasional confirmation dialogues pop up that > Voiceover never seems to read, but I hear this constant chime sound over and > over, how do I get to where the message is displayed so I can do whatever > needs to be done about it? > Second, when I’m prompted that updates are ready to be installed, I can get > as far as the App Store itself, but find no option to view/install the > updates once there, so in the end, I have no idea if everything is up-to-date > or not. 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