How to Turn Off Login Items Notifications?

Hi, running Ventura 13.1 on Mac Mini M1. I do not know how it happened but now every time I boot up, the right side of the screen is filled with these "Login Items Notification" messages. See screenshot. I have deleted unnecessary login items, disabled all apps running in the background, turned off all notifications in System Settings. Nothing worked. And I found nothing helpful when searching online, so maybe someone can tell me how to turn these **** things off.



Here is where I turned off all background updates and notifications


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Posted on Jan 2, 2023 8:50 AM

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Jan 2, 2023 3:17 PM in response to Roland Thomas

Thank you Leroy for your reply. I followed your advice to uninstall CleanMyMac X but that did not resolve the issue. Also all notifications were also turned off. I also had the idea that if notifications were all disabled yet I was still getting them, maybe they were being sent from my other Apple devices? So I turned off notifications on my watch and phone as well (Apple Watch SE and iPhone 12 mini running latest iOS if that is important for anyone to know).


I found this AppleScript that can automate cleaning up the Login Items notifications:


https://github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/blob/master/Notifications/Dismiss%20all%20notifications.lbaction/Contents/Scripts/default.applescript


You will need to save with the ".applescript" extension and run in the Script Editor app


Roland




Jan 29, 2023 11:21 AM in response to gary.bell

Hi Gary,


I don't think turning off Notifications is enough. "Instruments" is probably an app on your machine but not mine. In fact, I had originally turned off notifications on all my apps but that did nothing.


The only solution so far is what others described above and what I did -- enable Notifications to always show previews so you can know exactly what apps are displaying the messages and then actually uninstall those apps.


This of course is the worst-case scenario for a user experience so I hope Apple figures out a solution because relying on each and every developer to release patches to their apps will take forever.


Best,

Roland


Jan 25, 2023 10:58 AM in response to Eric_____

Eric_____ wrote:

• Next, I looked up instructions online to disable Google Updater from running at all. I won't share the instructions I found here

I don't think you have to worry about that. Apple literally added this feature to the operating system.


I haven't mentioned this to people who are having this notification problem because I didn't want to confuse the issue. But I always turn off the Google updater. I don't remember if I had it disabled before installing Ventura. But I did use the new control in Ventura to turn off Google. I experienced no ill effects. (I am a professional. Don't try that at home.)


I don't recommend that people use the new user interface at all. In many cases, it seems that disabling some apps actually causes the notifications.

I have my own opinions on the matter, but can this be considered a bug on the Mac OS side, the (in my case) Google/Logitech side, or both?

I think Google/Logitech/and others were doing it "wrong". However, Apple barely documents any of this and regularly make significant architectural changes. This change is by far one of the biggest. There was no reasonable expectation or indication that there was any problem until Apple released Ventura. But then again, Apple did release Ventura 7 months ago. You think they would have noticed by now. And this kind of behaviour is nothing new from Apple. You think they would have expected something like this by now.

Maybe it would be worth it to collect a list of applications causing this problem and reach out to the developers?

Good luck with that.

Either way, I hope this gets addressed, because removing every app causing this problem isn't a very viable solution for many people.

Solution? To what problem? And for whom? I think this new behaviour in Ventura is Apple's solution to the problem of flaky 3rd party system modifications that cause large numbers of people to require high levels of Apple support for a low-tier, low-profit product line because somebody else isn't paying attention to beta builds. I think this new feature is "operating as designed" in every respect.

Mar 22, 2023 7:49 AM in response to kroboz

That solution has been talked about ad infinitum on all of these discussions. It may or may not work depending on the software that is causing the notifications. Printer software was an example of the type of software that might just be solvable with the suggestion you posted. They often install stuff that is not used by anyone. Removing those launchd config files normally does not prevent use of the printer. The other stuff added by printer software is kernel extensions to respond to button presses on the printer interface (like scan to folder or email). Those would stop working if you remove their launchd items.

Often, removing and reinstalling the software solves the problem for software that is written correctly.

There is other garbageware out there that sees you removed their launchd files and will "repair" itself, generating another notification.

There isn't a single solution to all of the problematic software. The above is one option to try, but may result in unusable software or crippled software.

Jan 19, 2023 6:37 AM in response to Barney-15E

Barney-15E wrote:


then deleted Microsoft Autoupdate and wala.
Which version of Office are you running? I have Autoupdate from Office 2019 (as updated as it can be), and Autoupdate doesn't cause notifications for me.


I'm running Office 365 not Office 2019, so I can leverage Microsoft OneDrive and the online versions of the Office apps. Although I'm thinking that as far as AutoUpdate is concerned, it really should make a difference to whatever is installed locally on my machine.


Feb 8, 2023 1:39 AM in response to Roland Thomas

In my case millions of notifications also appear each time my screen is unlocked (!!). I tried many things and lost A LOT OF TIME to solve this issue. I bought my mac last year, but I was not so sure about buying it, since in the last few years too many problems/bugs have come to decrease the efficiency of working with Mac. The most efficient way I am working nowadays is not with Mac anymore, but with Linux...

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