An indicator of a possible change/update/alert that may be presented in a number of ways, including a banner, popup dialog, or badge on an app icon.
Questions tagged [notifications]
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Growl Notifications for Stack Exchange websites?
I'm looking for a way to get Growl notifications for new questions on the Stack Exchange websites, matching some pre-defined tags.
I've tried SENotify, but it didn't work for me. Any alternative?
Roberto Aloi
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Can I speed up the auto-dismissal of Notification Center banners?
I like Notification Center, but banners linger a bit too long before auto-dismissing.
I'm aware of the popular two-finger swipe trick to immediately dismiss a banner, but I'm looking for an automated approach. Growl, for example, let you customize…
user6703
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How to close / remove the "upgrade OSX" notification ?
I keep getting an "upgrade OSX" notification (see screenshot below) with the only options being to "install" or "details" which provides more info.
I want to do neither, is there a way i can just close it, or better still prevent it coming up in…
sam
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How to retrieve notification once I cleared them?
I swiped down from the top of my screen to view my notifications accidentally clicked on one that I didn’t get to see properly and then I clicked off it. I pulled down my notification screen again but the notification has gone as I accidentally…
Maria
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Sometimes Notifications don’t appear
I have found out that sometimes I get text message notifications but sometimes I don’t. This is rather frustrating because I have been sent a text 30 mins before and I didn’t realise this until I physically checked the messages, only to see that I…
Connor
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How to keep alarm silent during a phone call on my iPhone6?
How can I keep alarms I have set from going off during a telephone conversation? I may set an alarm to go off tomorrow at 3:15 pm. If I receive a phone call at 3:12 pm, I don't want the alarm to go off during the phone call.
user228628
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How to disable the message notifications of skype on mac?
It is annoying that every time a message arrives, a notification pop up in the right corner of the screen, untill you click the close button. How can I disable this?
I found that a software named growl may help, but it is not a free solution.
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Living with notifications in a many-tabbed world
I like notifications. I also like having many browser tabs open. When my browser is fully zoomed on my main screen, notifications can cover the rightmost tab. When I'm in a busy chat or other notification-heavy situation, they cover it constantly,…
kojiro
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Moutain Lion - New line character in notification
Do we have any newline character that we can insert in Mountain Lion's Notification Center. I try to append \n but it doesn't work.
What I am trying to do here is to write a plugin for alfred. And I use echo 'test\nnewline' but it doesn't work. I…
Dzung Nguyen
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How do I customize the notification banner in OSX Mountain Lion
Is there anyway to move the notification center alert/banner to bottom right instead of top right?
oky_sabeni
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Can I disable ALL notifications on MacOS Ventura by disabling a launchctl service or daemon?
MacOS Ventura is buggy concerning the generation of unwanted repetitive notifications. My attempts to suppress them using System Settings have failed. I believe my only alternative is to disable whatever service generates notifications.
ron1701
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Why is my Mac/iPhone sometimes reading out Telegram and Whatsapp messages in my AirPods?
Normally, on my Mac, when I get an IM via Telegram or Whatsapp, I get a bell-style sound notification.
However, sometimes my Mac will actually read out the message to me in my AirPods.
It was happening with Telegram, and just now for the first time,…
Andrew Parks
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Missed calls on lock screen iPhone 11 Pro
I don't mind seeing the missed call notification, but the instant redial feature results in too many unwanted calls.
Like returning spam and political calls I didn't want in the first place. I have "Return missed calls" turned off in settings but…
jhoughton1
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How do I fix Notification Centre? It is blank in "Recents" mode
Within the last two weeks, the right tab in Notification Centre ("Notifications)" became completely blank, without warning, and with no apparent trigger. The sort order mode is "Recents".
How can this be fixed?
I have tried to restart the Macbook in…
wodow
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How do I find out which application is sending me this Notification Center alert?
It appears every 10 minutes or so, and it's driving me nuts! Nothing appears in my notifications slider (the black translucent drawer from the right screen).
Macbook Pro, 10.11.3 El Cap
For googlability: the text…
Chris
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