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TAILOR SITE SETTINGS You’ll see a list of sites that
have already asked for permission to display noti-
fications. Set each one’s menu to Allow or Deny. To stop
unlisted sites from asking in the first place, uncheck the
bottom box.6
LIMIT MAIL INTRUSIONS In Mail, you can limit notifica-
tions to be from just the people you designate as VIPs
(see Genius Tip, top left). In Mail > Preferences > General,
select VIPs from the pop–up menu labelled “New message
notifications”.4
SOUND NOTIFICATIONS In addition to, or instead
of, popping up on screen, you can have notifications
appear in Notification Centre, so you choose when to view
them. You may also want to turn off audio alerts, especially if
you work near other people.7
SAFARI PREFERENCES Websites viewed in Safari can
send you notifications about new content. To manage
these, switch to the browser and pick Safari > Preferences.
Click the Websites tab and then Notifications in the list on
the left.5
NOTIFICATION CENTRE To see older notifications, click
the list–like icon at the far right of the menu bar, then
Notifications tab. They’re listed chronologically by default.
You can select another sort order at the bottom of System
Prefs’ Notifications pane.3
TO PREVIEW OR NOT... Check the options above. If
you choose to allow notifications to appear when your
Mac is locked, consider whether you want to allow previews
to be displayed. You can choose to allow them only when
your Mac is unlocked.