How can I shut off notifications permanently?

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How can I shut off notifications permanently?

Ever since I upgraded to Yosemite, my MBP keeps resetting my notification centre to display banners and examples from Mail and Messages every time I restart OS X. It is extremely annoying to have my (sometimes VERY!) personal mails and texts popping up on the screen every **** time I forget to disable all notifications upon a reboot, especially because I need to be able to use my computer with people who have NO business reading my personal texts and mails. How can I shut off everything in Notification Centre once and for all?

Regards,

Michael

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), Mid-2009

Posted on Feb 13, 2015 9:26 AM

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Answer 1

JimmyCMPIT

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Feb 13, 2015 9:32 AM in response to BootCamper1983

there is probably a terminal command to shut it down completly but the simple way is to go to

 >System Preferences>Notifications

and set it up similar to this:

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Answer 2

Feb 13, 2015 10:27 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

I have tried that, and I have tried to remove all programs and apps from the notification centre, but the trouble is that it keeps reverting to the original voyeuristic settings every time I restart my computer. I need the notification centre gone, and I can make that happen by disabling it or enable a permanent Do Not Disturb-condition, but I cannot make it stay away.

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Answer 3

Eric Root

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Feb 13, 2015 1:54 PM in response to BootCamper1983

Have you updated to 10.10.2 yet? That fixed it for me.

Try running the combo update.

10.10.2 Combo Update

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Answer 4

Jul 24, 2016 7:09 AM in response to JimmyCMPIT

I tried this, but at 7:59 I got all the notifications from the previous day.

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Answer 5

Eric Root

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Jul 24, 2016 8:23 AM in response to Barry Margolin

What happens if you change the 2nd box to 8 AM or later?

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Answer 6

Jul 24, 2016 8:30 AM in response to Eric Root

If I set start and end to the same time, it doesn't enable DND at all.

If you set it to a later time, it will only enable DND during that part of the day.

I suspect this tip only really works for people who shut down their computer every day. The non-DND minute needs to be during a time when the computer is off. But I leave my computer on 24x7.

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Answer 7

appreciate

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Jul 24, 2016 9:23 AM in response to BootCamper1983

You can set options in Notifications preferences to turn off notifications for specific apps or to pause all notifications. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Notifications.

Turn off notifications for an app: In Notifications preferences, select the app on the left, then choose None for the app alert style on the right. You no longer receive any notifications for the app.

Stop notifications during specific hours: In Notifications preferences, select Do Not Disturb on the left, then set options.

Pause notifications until midnight: Hold down the Option key while you click the Notification Centre icon in the menu bar.

When Do Not Disturb is on, the Notification Center icon in the menu bar is dimmed. You don’t see or hear notifications arrive; they are collected in Notification Center where you can view them later.

An apple article is there : OS X El Capitan: Receive or stop notifications

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Answer 8

Jul 24, 2016 9:28 AM in response to appreciate

That will work for me. I only get notifications from a couple of applications, Reminders and Calendar. So I can just set them to None while I'm on vacatin.

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