All you need to know about the function "Do not disturb" in OS X Mavericks
Tips Makradar / / December 19, 2019
Notification Center is well established on the iOS and Apple moved it to their desktop operating system with the release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. This function informs us about current events, displaying a small pop-up windows in the upper right corner of the screen. Often, we are bombarded uvedmleniyami new message iMessage, system upgrade or the application in the App Store, a new email, the name sounding tracks in iTunes - in fact, nothing serious will come.
Notification Center is undoubtedly an important feature, but if you are an active user, because of the constantly incoming notifications, you can lose a decent chunk of the right of the workspace. There are several solutions that can help protect themselves from the bombing banners notification center.
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You can selectively ignore notices as they become available, temporarily disable the display of banners for 24 hours or completely disable Notification Center (but it's really quite radical solution). Fortunately, OS X Mavericks brought us the function "Do Not Disturb", which is probably familiar to many of you, for iOS (if I'm not mistaken, she appeared in iOS 6).
Enable "Do Not Disturb" on schedule
The system allows you to set up a schedule when will turn off Notification Center, so as not to disturb your banners and does not distract from the work. This is done very simply:
- Run the system settings menu or from the dock;
- Open the "Notifications" section;
- Go to the section of the "Do Not Disturb" and specify the hours that you do not want to receive notifications;
By default, the system proposes to include the function "Do not disturb" in the evening and at night, but this is purely individual, for each of us. For example, I was more important not to be distracted during the day while I am working.
Temporary Enable "Do Not Disturb"
But if you prefer that you did not reach them in the evenings, in your spare time, but all the same day there a situation where you need the most focus on the performance of any work - and there is a way to do this. Apple has provided an opportunity to enable the "Do Not Disturb" on time (as in iOS), namely 24 hours. The required switch directly in Notification Center, but it is easy to overlook. It is located in the top panel Uvedolmeny Center and to display it to do swipe down. When this toggle switch, you get 24 hours of tranquility desired.
Tell us, if demand for your function "Do not disturb" and whether or not you use her?