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Notification banners won't go away on MacBook Air

Hey, I have a Macbook Air from spring 2020 now running on macOS Big Sur v 11.1. Since I upgraded to Big Sur, banner notifications won't go away automatically after a few seconds like they used to under Catalina. They stay there indefinitely until I discard them by clicking on the x. I used to swipe them right if I wanted to get rid of them before they timed out, but since the update they come back after a few minutes if I didn't click the x. I checked the settings, everything's set on banners, not alerts so they should disappear after a while and I can't find any other options that would let me discard notifications for good by just swiping them right instead of having to click on the x. Is this the new normal? Thanks for your help.

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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Dec 27, 2020 6:05 AM

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Baker_Rich

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Posted on May 18, 2021 8:57 AM

Apparently, if it is an "Alert" it will stay on screen, but a "Banner" will disappear after a few seconds. When I updated to Big Sur, it defaulted my calendar items and Reminders to Alert. If you go to System Preferences > Notifications, you can scroll down the list of apps and see a description below the app name saying whether they are allowed to use badges, sounds and alerts/banners. Scan through looking for ones that use "Alerts" and those are the sticky ones. You can switch to "Banner" to have them disappear after a few seconds.

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Feb 12, 2021 3:27 AM in response to JaypeHere

Apple delete my comment

mewks

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Mar 4, 2021 6:59 PM in response to tgr2007

I'm using mb pro and I have the same issue.

tgr2007

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Mar 15, 2021 9:07 AM in response to GRANDxADMIRAL

What about Finder? Try to force-remove an USB stick, the [banner /alert ?] message about not proper action (no "eject") stays forever on the screen

sigbiz

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Mar 15, 2021 9:24 AM in response to tgr2007

Apple trumps all - I don't recall seeing anywhere where you can set apple notifications to banner and not alert.

tgr2007

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Mar 15, 2021 9:26 AM in response to sigbiz

Maybe we should ask Twitter CEO to help us banning Apple notifications. They are expert of removing unwanted content...

sigbiz

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Mar 15, 2021 9:30 AM in response to tgr2007

😂😂

mewks

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Mar 15, 2021 10:19 AM in response to GRANDxADMIRAL

My relief is immeasurable, you have saved my sanity. Thank you.

guido226

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Mar 15, 2021 7:08 PM in response to GRANDxADMIRAL

I set it to banner, but still the same issue. It does not go away.

Mar 29, 2021 3:17 AM in response to JaypeHere

I have almost the same issue, when I upgraded to Big Sur, however There is not even a "X" to click the message away. The message stays there for ever.

Is there a fix????

Apr 15, 2021 11:25 AM in response to JaypeHere

First thing I noticed when I upgraded to big sur :(

also the AM/PM clock doesn't work

Apr 19, 2021 8:36 AM in response to JaypeHere

I have a one year old Mac book pro / recently as a few weeks ago, i am having same problem. I think i will turn it all off, but what a shame? It used to work well.

Apr 19, 2021 12:25 PM in response to farnaz_despec

^^^Old toad explained the solution to this

read the comment before yours ^^^

worked for me

LCGVT

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Apr 27, 2021 1:16 AM in response to JaypeHere

This is happening to me, too, and now there is no little "x" to click the notifications away, so I have several notifications just stuck on the screen. Any way to get rid of them?

May 1, 2021 8:16 PM in response to JaypeHere

Yup. Same. I have all notifications set to banner, yet they stay and you have to X them away. Its a problem Apple..

May 1, 2021 8:16 PM in response to LCGVT

If you hover over the banner, an X doesn't appear top left?

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