Do Not Disturb always on since updating to 11.1

Boot into Safe Mode by booting with the Shift key held down and try to turn off Do Not Disturb from there.  Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files

Strangely enough this worked for me. Had the same issues described here (always on do not disturb after restart, controls unresponsive) and opening an app in full screen/workspace mode did the trick. Unfixed bug by the look of it.

This worked! I have had this issue for several months and working with my IT team we tried everything. PRAM and SMC resets and many others and the results were mixed. I opened Chrome to a full window and the do not disturb turned off.

Thanks for sharing barryfromgrandforks!

Oh my gosh — THANK YOU for this workaround.

As a lover of Do Not Disturb, this bug has been bugging me since Big Sur's beta in June 2020!

"Open any app and enter into full-screen mode. The controls in the dropdown menu will now work."

Hooray! 😀 🤝

This is the best and quickest workaround so far!

Just by putting an app (e.g. Safari) into full screen mode, the unwanted DND mode immediately turns off.

Hi barryfromgrandforks,

We see that after updating to Big Sur Do Not Disturb is enabled automatically and you're unable to turn the feature off. Making sure you an edit these preferences and receive the notifications you need is important. We're glad you reached out for help.

Take a look at the resource below. It has the steps for changing your Do Not Disturb settings.

Use Do Not Disturb on your Mac

If the issue continues and let us know what happens when you try to turn the feature off using the steps provided.

Have a good day!

+1 here. Was hoping this issue was addressed in 11.2.2 but does not seem to be. It is incredibly annoying to not get notification because DND keeps randomly turning on. Also turns on at reboot.

Currently when the new moon icon is showing up in my system tray i'm just ignoring it there and jumping into terminal and issuing the command "killall NotificationCenter" and that seems to reset the system tray/notifications and it turns off DND for a while but not sure what keeps triggering. This is an upgraded systems on a touchbar mac pro from late 2017.

barryfromgrandforks,

We appreciate you following back up and providing those additional details about the Do Not Disturb feature not working properly. With it taking many restarts to get the feature to work properly we suggest reaching out to Apple Support here: Get Support

Take care!

I too am experiencing a similar issue with Do Not Disturb using Big Sur 11.2.1. Do Not Disturb will automatically be enabled when I boot up my machine even though I do not have any of the options checked off for Do Not Disturb when opening notification settings in system preferences.

I tried a few other attempts to fix the issue, which I've listed below, but the problem continues to persist.

1. I tried the steps listed in the MacOS subreddit, but no dice.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/kcvdn4/cannot_turn_off_the_do_not_disturb_on_big_sur_is/

2. I made sure that I didn't have Do Not Disturb switched on on my iPhone and I also turned off the Bedtime iOS feature in case that was the culprit.

3. When trying to turn it off, whichever Do Not Disturb option I select doesn't take effect until I click back on Do Not Disturb as seen in the attached clip.

I didn't encounter the above issue with the release of 11.0. I began to notice it after installing 11.2.1

Here's a short clip of the issue:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hru99rm6r6w2hq2/Do%20Not%20Disturb%2011.2.1.mov?dl=0

This doesn't work, changing the notification settings for 3rd party apps has no effect. For example, even if you disable Whatsapp notifications completely they will still ping you constantly. There is no way to turn the notifications off at all.

Thanks for touching base, but unfortunately the only solution has been a workaround where I enter a time for "Turn on Do Not Disturb" (i.e., 12:00 AM to 12:30 AM), but I leave the actual box unchecked to toggle on Do Not Disturb. I suppose a better idea would be to change it to a window of time when you're likely to be awake to see if anything happens, but my troubleshooting skills need some polishing.

Though this will warrant posting to a different thread, I've also had issues with my widgets in Notification Center. I've had a number of instances where my setup completely disappears (which I primarily rely on for OmniFocus).

Anyhow, wish the features Apple has been touting with Big Sur would actually work for me on a consistent basis. GTA.