Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Pro & MacBook Air. Guy Hart-Davis

pane on the right side of the screen, and it contains sections you can expand or collapse as needed.

      Using Notifications

      View a Notification

       When you receive a notification, a notification banner appears in the upper-right corner of the screen for a few seconds.

      Note: Notification Center can display either banners or alerts. A banner appears for a few seconds and then disappears. An alert remains on-screen until you dismiss it.

      

If you want to see the item that produced the notification, click the banner.

       To see if there are other actions you can take with the notification, move the pointer over it.

       If the Options button appears, click Options.

      The Options menu opens.

       You can then click an action.

      Display Notification Center When Your Desktop Is Visible

      

Click the clock readout.

      Notification Center opens.

       You can dismiss a notification by moving the pointer over it and then clicking Close ().

      

Optionally, click a notification to display the related item in its app.

      

When you are ready to close Notification Center, click outside it.

      Note: You can also click the clock readout to close Notification Center.

      Choose What Types of Notifications to Display and Set Your Do Not Disturb Hours

      

Press + click System Preferences () on the Dock.

      

Click Notifications & Focus.

      

In the Notifications & Focus pane, click Notifications.

      

Click the app or feature you want to configure.

      

Set the Allow Notifications switch to On () or Off (), as needed.

      

Choose notification options for the app or feature.

       Click Focus.

       Click the focus you want to configure.

       Click Options and choose whether to allow time-sensitive notifications, calls from a specified contact group, or repeated calls.

       In the Allowed Notifications From box, specify any people allowed to contact you.

       In the Turn On Automatically box, specify any automation schedule needed for the focus.

       Select () or deselect () Share Focus Status to control sharing of your focus status.

       Select () or deselect () Share across devices to control whether macOS shares the focus with your other devices.

       Click Close ().

      System Preferences closes.

      Tip

      What are the Allow Notifications settings at the bottom of the Notifications & Focus pane?

      The three Allow Notifications settings apply to notifications from all apps and features. Select () or deselect () When the display is sleeping, When the screen is locked, and When mirroring or sharing the display to control when your MacBook displays notifications. You can also click Show previews () and then click always, when unlocked, or never, as needed.

Put Your MacBook to Sleep and Wake It Up

macOS enables you to put your MacBook to sleep easily and wake it up quickly. So when you are ready for a break but you do not want to end your computing session, put the MacBook to sleep instead of shutting it down.

      Sleep keeps all your apps open and lets you start computing again quickly. When you wake your MacBook up, your apps and windows are where you left them, so you can swiftly resume what you were doing.

      Put Your MacBook to Sleep and Wake It Up