How to Turn off All Annoying Notification Sounds In macOS [Tutorial]
106How to Turn off All Annoying Notification Sounds In macOS [Tutorial]
Notifications are great when you need them, and terrible when you don’t. Here’s how to turn off all notifications temporarily, and configure which apps and websites can show them otherwise.
When you try to do something that isn’t allowed, or if your Mac needs your input or more information, an alert message appears on your screen and an alert sound plays. You can change the alert sound and set its volume.
Notification Center is a great addition to macOS, but the alert sounds coming in with each banner notification from a million and one different Mac apps and updates can be pretty annoying fairly quickly, particularly if you have a lot going on.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
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Sometimes it's best for your Mac to be seen and not heard. Applications and services often make a sound associated with their notification, but did you know that sound can be deactivated? Here's how.
First of all, you can always mute the audio on your Mac all together — and sometimes that's a good idea. But other times you may want to hear audio from some apps (like iTunes, for example), but you may want to selectively shut off notification noises from others.
It's pretty easy to tailor these sorts of sounds, though it can be an arduous process. Here's how to get started.
This tutorial will apply for MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook Mini's running the macOS operating system.
Devices covered in this tutorial: macOS, macOS Big Sur, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, MacBook Mini