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                  Sequoia Fixes App Store Update Notifications

   Adam Engst

   When it comes to digital tasks you perform regularly, small things
   matter. I'm pleased to report that a long-standing irritation in macOS
   has finally disappeared with macOS 15 Sequoia: the inability to open
   the App Store app from a notification alerting you to an update from
   the Mac App Store.

   Starting in macOS 12 Monterey,[1]clicking an update notification did
   nothing. Before that, it opened the App Store app, though only to the
   main screen, not the Updates screen. It was frustrating, and
   unnecessarily so.

   In Sequoia, however, Apple finally made this notification work as it
   should. When a notification informs you that updates are available, you
   can click anywhere on the notification to open the Updates screen of
   the App Store app. Once there, you can click individual Update buttons
   or use Update All to download all the updates. Much easier!

   So, Sequoia users, if you've trained yourself to ignore or close the
   previously non-functional notifications, give them a click going
   forward.

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