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Show HN: Take Control of Mac OS X Notifications with Hush

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I'm cringing right now, because it seems like the authors weren't aware that this feature is already part of OS X.

We are absolutely aware, we don't like the "Do Not Disturb" function. It automatically comes back on in the morning and you can't set a timer. This is in response to our dislike of the DND switch.

I don't really see the added benefit of the timer.

You (don't have remember/will not forget/will not click the button twice) to turn notifications back on.

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> It automatically comes back on in the morning

There's an option to set the time you want it to remain on. You can set it throughout the night just fine and it won't come on in the morning.

> you can't set a timer

I can tell it to set do not disturb from 10:00am until 10:30am. I'm not sure what other kind of timer you'd want.

Maybe there are too many clicks or the interface is hidden?

Yup, this. Don't see any benefit other than more granular time controls which seems like overkill for a simple silence-or-show notifications switch.

Hush looks great if you're using the Pomodoro technique. You don't have to remember to re-show notifications - they just reappear when it's break time.

Does this have the ability to filter by application? In particular, can it turn off the incredibly irritating "please update software now" that is perpetually posted when you have outstanding updates that you don't want to ignore but also don't want to install right now (perhaps they require a restart)

Great idea man! We'll look into it, but right now it's unilateral.

The ability to silence specific system level notifications that don't show up in the default notification preferences would be fantastic.

Yes, I'd love this. All of my other notifications are ones I've opted into receiving and am fine with. The Software Update one is impossible to get rid of.

You can just tell it to remind you at a later time. Only on Mavericks I think.

User 5vForest has pointed something out I meant to make the first comment: There IS a "Do Not Disturb" function on Mac, but we didn't like the level of control it gave us. You can't set a timer, you can't turn it off for longer than a day, and it's hidden in OS X Mavericks, you have to pull down the notification center to see it.

This is in response to that - we want more control. Maybe some of you feel the same way!

This is why I still run Leopard. No unwanted social networking crap: all I need for notifications are icon badges. Really, who would need any more than that? Once the universal binary restriction gets too great for me to do my work, I'm just going to upgrade to Snow Leopard. And hopefully stay there for another couple of years; it's Apple's Windows XP right now.

There's this thing I loved about older OS X releases, and really older operating system releases in general: everything felt more raw, more accessible. 10.5.8 is just so pleasant to use. There's nothing getting the way of my work. It seems that newer releases always try to make diving down into your files, folders, and work much harder and more difficult. GNOME 3; Mavericks; and Windows 8... they all just have too many abstractions between you and the software.

This is very evident in Apple's marketing slogans

Snow Leopard: "The world's most advanced operating system. Finely tuned."

Lion: "The power of Mac OS X. The magic of iPad."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_Inc._slogans#Mac_...

I really like Mavericks': "Power to the desktop."

It's like a return to form after Jobs started lusting after the consumer market.

Does this silence the relentless "Software Update" notifications?

And can we get a checkbox to always hide those?

Yes! Yes it does! I'm getting feedback that people want those specifically to be able to be targeted, and I've immediately started working on it.

Those have a dropdown to try in an hour/try in a day, try tonight on anyway since Mavericks.

On first run it complained that I didn't have permission to <do something>, then quit with "could not initialize data store". A reboot fixed it (and hence the reason I don't have the exact error message).

I'll give it a whirl. It seems like Mavericks is all too frequently popping something in my face and my magpie tendency is to go see what it is. (Yes, I know how to turn it off in stock Mavericks; I don't like how that works, either.)

Isn't this what "Do Not Disturb" does?

Very nice app. I would recommend it to anyone who gets tons of notifications.

I want to suggest a design like Degrees app[1] if you want to do a redesign.

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/degrees/id430173763?mt=12

Psh, like our design isn't flawl.... no you've got a really good point. Thanks man!

These notifications are straight up pissing me off. It's like Windows ME all over again! They dont even have the option to never show up again, you can only select to be notified later. Some applications are in the notification center, but some apps have separate preferences that you need to find to turn them off. It makes me want to vomit any time I see a notification and cringe because I thought I had turned them off and it just brings me back to 2001 and Windows ME. Quit with the goddamn popups, especially without 'x''s to close them and options to NEVER see them again.

With that, I will happily install your application to ensure that these popups don't get by the preferences I may have already missed.

If you want to disable it entirely: http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/06/disable-notification-center-r...

What would be really great is if we had control to put notifications back in the center of the screen. On a 27" screen, notifications for calendar events often go missed.

What does 'Continue without timer' mean?

Is this turning the timer (and therefore Hush) off or is this hushing notifications indefinitely?

I could be wrong, but I believe it's indefinitely until you click the toggle again

Yes - it just turns it off forever until you turn it back on. The timer is optional, just an added benefit!

I didn't make myself clear before: I think you should reconsider the button text.

Maybe I just have no friends, but I don't get enough notifications to seek out a tool that will silence them :)

You probably just control yours in a good way!

You are not alone. I have zero notifications. Only updates, and those are now done automatically.

The only notifications I get are calendar reminders, and I want them... otherwise I would miss all my meetings.

What would be more useful to me, is a global hotkey that hides notifications.

Global hotkey! Somehow did not even think of that to be honest, I could add a menu item to let you set a hotkey. Think that'd be a good idea?

Guarantee you that you can do it with Keyboard Maestro somehow... http://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/

Best program I have bought for OS X in a long time! Amazingly useful and I know I have barely scratched the surface.

i like it thanks for doing this and giving it for free.

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