By Brad Lazaruk, Thu 25 March 2021, modified Thu 25 March 2021, in category Note to self
For whatever reason my installations of Anaconda Navigator always refuse to update through the GUI. No matter how many times I click the Yes to upgrade, nothing happens.
So finally I found 15 seconds where I was both tired of this situation and had the clarity of thought to do something about it.
conda deactivate
conda update anaconda-navigator
Problem solved. Sigh.