How to enable website notifications for Safari

I have notifications switched on in System Preferences and Safari, but 'website permissions' appear in every Safari preferences category, but not in Notifications.


I have a website asking me to allow their notifications - but no way of allowing them, as they don't show up in notifications box when the webpage is active.


Below is my screenshot, on the right they are asking permissions, and showing how to allow them, and on the left, my Notifications box with no websites in it...


Can anyone advise how to enable website notifications - or even get them to show up??


OS is Big Sur 11.7.10 Many thanks




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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Mar 8, 2024 5:58 AM

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Mar 10, 2024 1:44 PM in response to davey17x

Yes, seems so. Investigating further from the ?


Customize website notifications in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

says:

Change preferences for notifications


In the Safari app  on your Mac, do any of the following:

  • Stop receiving notifications from a website: Choose Safari > Preferences, click Websites, then click Notifications. Find the website in the list, then select Deny.
  • Change how website notifications appear: Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Notifications , select Safari on the left, then change the Safari alert style and other settings on the right.
  • Stop seeing requests for permission to send you notifications in Safari:Choose Safari > Preferences, click Websites, then click Notifications. Deselect “Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications.”
  • From now on, when you visit a website that wants to send you notifications, you aren’t asked.



Mar 11, 2024 4:02 PM in response to davey17x

imho :The judgement of the feature and the way it works is a matter of opinion.

Your Mac is using an earlier MacOS version than my Mac ... things change.


The way Apple has it set up, that is the way it is ... seems to me: you switch sites off from asking to send notifications, and when sites send you notifications without having to ask first, you get to see a list of the sites, so you can choose to allow or deny the notifications from that site.


Apple Support have an article online about website notifications in Safari on Big Sur:

Customize website notifications in Safari on Mac - Apple Support

Eg: says:

Change preferences for notifications


"In the Safari app  on your Mac, do any of the following:

  • Stop receiving notifications from a website: Choose Safari > Preferences, click Websites, then click Notifications. Find the website in the list, then select Deny.
  • Change how website notifications appear: Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, click Notifications , select Safari on the left, then change the Safari alert style and other settings on the right.
  • Stop seeing requests for permission to send you notifications in Safari:Choose Safari > Preferences, click Websites, then click Notifications. Deselect “Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications.”
  • From now on, when you visit a website that wants to send you notifications, you aren’t asked."

Mar 9, 2024 12:06 AM in response to davey17x

Re: How to enable website notifications for Safari


Try clicking the tiny question mark (shown at bottom right in the small "Websites" window in your screenshot.)

This will reveal more info. on the settings ... ie: scroll down to "Notifications"


eg: I have not selected the "Allow websites to ask" ...

So I do see a list of those that have asked ... some I chose to "Allow" ... and some I chose to "Deny"

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Re: ... "even get them to show up"


Sites you "allow" to send notifications are also listed in Notifications settings.

Mar 9, 2024 5:03 PM in response to brbo

Thanks


but clicking on the question mark doesn't do anything - simply explains the options available for the website listed in the notifications box: ASK, DENY etc - since they aren't visible, I don't have ANY options to choose from.


"Sites you "allow" to send notifications are also listed in Notifications settings." But you miss the point, I can't allow them if they aren't visible to allow, and that was the original question - how do I get them to show in the notifications to make my choices??

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