Update: See comment below for a temporary workaround
Hi
Does anyone know how I can turn off notifications that look like this?: "Login Items, Background Items Added, Software from “VMware, Inc.” added items that can run in the background. You can manage this in Login Items Settings."?
I get a ton of them every time I boot my mac or open certain programs, and clearing all notifications in notification center doesn't take them away either.
Best
Malthe
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Been wanting to know the same
I've been wanting the same, as notifications like this are driving me crazy. Hopefully apple fixes this because these notifications are detrimental and bothersum honestly.
Update! Temporary solution:…
Update! Temporary solution:
I found a script to clear all notifications, even the login items ones. This works for me. Pasted here for your convenience with a VoiceOver status message added, but credit to this original link:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/master/Notifications/Dismiss%20all%20notifications.lbaction/Contents/Scripts/default.applescript
tell application "System Events"
try
set _groups to groups of UI element 1 of scroll area 1 of group 1 of window "Notification Center" of application process "NotificationCenter"
repeat with _group in _groups
set _actions to actions of _group
repeat with _action in _actions
if description of _action is in {"Schließen", "Alle entfernen", "Close", "Clear All"} then
perform _action
end if
end repeat
end repeat
end try
end tell
tell application "VoiceOver" to output "Done!"
How do you reverse this…
How do you reverse this script? I don't want to execute it without a way back.
this just removes
this just removes the notifications, but doesn't block new ones.
This is why it's not a good permanent solution
Hi
Yes - this is why it's not a good permanent fix I tied to a keyboard commander in VoiceOver, and press it every boot to remove them. It's a hacky solution, but probably the best at the moment.
With regards to reversing the script, it doesn't change any settings, simply interacts with the UI and saves you going into the Notification Center to clear them all manually. I get about 8 of these per boot, so it saves me a bunch of key presses.
Best
Malthe
My Own Workaround
Hi everyone,
Apologies for thread necro, but for what it's worth I thought I'd share my own solution to this stupid issue that should surely have a proper fix already.
But first, I want to say thank you to the original source of the script, as well as to the OP for posting it here. I too had been searching for a solution to this, and you saved me the trouble of learning Apple Script enough to code this myself.
You see, I've never really been a fan of how notifications are handled on Mac (especially in regards to VO a11y and the Notification Centre). Most of the apps and services I use are online or have mobile versions, and I use my phone for checking up on notifs usually. With all that in mind, I'm happy to effectively just clear all my Mac notifs from time to time. To achieve this, I use Keyboard Maestro to create a macro that triggers every few hours and executes this script.
For those who haven't tried Keyboard Maestro yet, it's completely free and easy to get started with (much easier than I expected anyway). If anyone wants to try this but would like more specific instructions, let me know.
HTH
Still an issue in 13.6.3?
I'm on 13.6.3 and no longer experiencing this issue. I spent a fair amount of time battling it, though. It's not an accessibility issue, and plenty of discussion forums besides AppleVis mention various strategies.
It's been a while since I resolved this on my system, so I don't remember the details. But I believe it involved cleaning up old half-removed zombie applications. And as we all know, uninstalling applications on the Mac is its own art form. But it was worth it. Currently, I don't get any such notifications after a reboot.
Agreed Mac doesn't handle notifications well. Back when I was still low vision, I remember Windows 7 notification bubbles that popped up in the lower right corner of the screen, only to disappear as soon as I moved my mouse over them (in an attempt to zoom in with ZoomText). It's crazy that neither Apple nor Microsoft seem to be able to find an accessible way to view and manage notifications.
Good luck to anyone still experiencing this.