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Use Notification Center

Notification Center lets you view details about your day—appointments, weather, birthdays, even a
summary of what you have planned for tomorrow—and catch up on notifications you missed.

To open Notification Center, click its icon in the menu bar, or swipe left with two fingers from the right
edge of the trackpad.

Tip: To customize or stop notifications, click the Notifications preferences icon in the bottom-right
corner of Notification Center.

See your day at a glance

In Notification Center, click Today, then do any of the following:

Get details: Click an item in a widget. For example, click an item in the Weather widget to show the
hourly and five-day forecasts. Or click an item in the Calendar widget to open the item in the Calendar

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app.

Take action: Click a widget item or its checkbox. For example, click an icon in the Social widget to post
your latest news to LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or Messages. Or click a reminderʼs checkbox to
complete it.

Customize a widget: Move the pointer over the widget, then click the Info button that appears.

Reorder widgets: Click Edit at the bottom of Today view, then drag a widget up or down.

Add or remove widgets: Click Edit (or the new widget count, if shown) at the bottom of Today view. To
add an available widget, click the Add button . To remove a widget, click the Remove button ; the
widget is moved to the list of available widgets.

Get more widgets: Click Edit at the bottom of Today view, click App Store, then buy or download
widgets. For more information about buying and downloading items, see Find, buy, and download
apps.

If you donʼt see an expected account in the Social widget, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click
Extensions, click Share Menu, then select the account. Only accounts that allow posting or messaging
appear in Today view.

See missed notifications

In Notification Center, click Notifications, then do any of the following:

Get details: Click a notification to see the item in the associated app. For example, click a Mail
notification to see the email in Mail. When you open an item, itʼs removed from Notifications view.

Remove notifications: For a day, click the Clear button . For an individual notification, move the
pointer over it, then click the button.

You can quickly turn the following options on or off in Notification Center—just swipe down, then click the
button.

When you turn on Night Shift, it stays on until midnight, sunrise, the next scheduled time to turn off
(based on settings in Night Shift preferences), or you turn it off.

When you turn on Do Not Disturb, it stays on until midnight, the next scheduled time to turn off (based
on settings in Notifications preferences), or you turn it off.

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

See also

Receive or stop notifications

Notifications preferences

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