Open sub window of Software Update from command line?

[JevermannNG]

Under macOS Monterey Clients get the 12.6.4 and 13.3 Software offered in the Software Update preferences. In the past I used the following command in my bash scripts to open that window:
open /System/Library/PreferencePanes/SoftwareUpdate.prefPane

But this opens only the main Software Update window:

How can I open the sub window "Weitere Infos ..." from the command line that shows the macOS Monterey Update:

[jtrant]

You could theoretically do this with AppleScript and build off what others have done already, but PPPC makes this more difficult these days as Accessibility permissions are required.

https://www.alansiu.net/2020/04/08/using-applescript-to-install-macos-software-updates-via-system-pr...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42231133/use-applescript-to-list-the-names-of-all-ui-elements-in...

Having said that, I have had reasonable success sharing this annotated screenshot with our end-users via email or using swiftDialog and embedding the image inside an "Install updates now" prompt:

https://snelson.us/2023/03/display-message-0-0-7-via-swiftdialog/

You could also use tools such as Nudge or SUPER to achieve something similar.

Hope this helps!

[JevermannNG]

Hi @jtrant thank you for your reply, I am looking for an easier way :-) It looks like that there is no way to open that "sub window". I havent tried SUPER yet, will check if it works for me.