How do I disable battery notifications in macOS Tahoe?

Once I upgraded to macOS Tahoe once my battery is below 10 percent, there are these very, very annoying notifications every few seconds asking me to plug my Mac in. It is overly distracting. Does anyone know how to disable these notifications? (Except for plugging the laptop in...)?



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Original Title: Annoying Battery Notifications In MacOS Tahoe

Posted on Sep 16, 2025 6:01 AM

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Nov 26, 2025 1:58 PM in response to krlorider264

krlorider264 wrote:

I couldn't care less about the discussion in this thread regarding battery life :)

Until the battery dies prematurely.


The purpose of a computational device is productivity. These notifications are incessant and completely annoying, popping up every 1% when below 10% or even more frequently, thoroughly interfering with my productivity.

What will your productivity be when the battery fails prematurely because you routinely let it go below 10%, or the computer abruptly shuts down, losing what you were working on?


And you don’t care about battery life, until the battery dies and you will have to send it to Apple to get the battery replaced, which takes about 2 weeks. How will that affect your productivity? (Batteries are not field replaceable).


The only reasonable answer is to charge the computer when the battery preferably goes below 20%, but certainly when it goes below 10%. Running the battery down all the way before charging goes back to NiCd days; Lithium batteries hate to be deep discharged, and letting it go to zero and not charging within a short time will completely kill the battery for good.

Nov 26, 2025 7:42 AM in response to krlorider264

bernst2008 wrote:

The purpose of a computational device is productivity. These notifications are incessant and completely annoying, popping up every 1% when below 10% or even more frequently, thoroughly interfering with my productivity.

Keeping the laptop plugged in when that's possible will probably decrease this a lot. And no, it won't hurt the battery.

I couldn't demand more strongly that Apple get rid of these notifications immediately and ensure nothing like this is ever implemented again. Whoever thought of this idea should be fired.

Yes, you could demand it a lot more strongly by doing it in the right place. Apple doesn't read here for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:


Product Feedback - Apple

The fact there there is no control over these notifications makes me want to switch back to windows, which I will certainly commit to doing if this isn't resolved in a software update coming soon.

You should always use the tools that best meet your needs. What you chose doesn't affect anyone here.


Nov 26, 2025 7:22 AM in response to AaryanTheAppleFeedbackGuy

I couldn't care less about the discussion in this thread regarding battery life :)


The purpose of a computational device is productivity. These notifications are incessant and completely annoying, popping up every 1% when below 10% or even more frequently, thoroughly interfering with my productivity.


I couldn't demand more strongly that Apple get rid of these notifications immediately and ensure nothing like this is ever implemented again. Whoever thought of this idea should be fired.


The fact there there is no control over these notifications makes me want to switch back to windows, which I will certainly commit to doing if this isn't resolved in a software update coming soon.

Nov 13, 2025 11:42 PM in response to DirkPut

DirkPut wrote:

Very annoying situation. It does not only pop up once but all the time. No intelligence behind it it dos not popup per percentage decrease. No it pops ups up all the time. In the previous versions there were notifications. No possibility to turn this off. This is indeed a prove that this has never been tested properly by Apply.
I do not want this notifications to pop up all the time. Please fix it asap


You are talking to other users like you, who have no power to change how the system works.

Let Apple know:


https://www.apple.com/feedback

Nov 13, 2025 2:28 PM in response to AaryanTheAppleFeedbackGuy

Very annoying situation. It does not only pop up once but all the time. No intelligence behind it it dos not popup per percentage decrease. No it pops ups up all the time. In the previous versions there were notifications. No possibility to turn this off. This is indeed a prove that this has never been tested properly by Apply.

I do not want this notifications to pop up all the time. Please fix it asap

Oct 15, 2025 2:50 AM in response to TIsForTriggered

I can accept that having a toggle would not be so bad, and I understand that your situation makes you take notice of energy use more than most.

But the amount of energy required to charge your battery is a tiny fraction of that is needed to heat your home.

So I read your comment more like a rant than fact. Charging your battery a little past 10% will use maybe 5Wh - your home battery is probably 1000 times that.

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