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I have the following Problem working with notifications in my new MacBook:

The notifications are only shown inside the notifications center (clicking on Date and time), but there is no popup of the notification shown. I therefore always have to check the notification center manually after I return to my MacBook, since the notification popup ist Not visible.

This happens for all applications. The problem occurs on my MacBook M3. It does not in my MacBook M1. Both machines run MacOs Sonoma 14.3.

I compared the settings in both machines and they are all the same.

Any ideas how I can get the popup to Show up in my new machine?

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  • Uhhh, try looking into each app's notification settings (System Settings > Notifications > [App name]) that notifications are enabled and set to anything but "None". Because I can replicate the issue if I choose "None"...
    – Thinkr
    Commented Aug 13 at 13:45
  • I have the same problem. Notifications are all allowed. They show in notification center. I hear periodic dings but no popup notification. clamshell mode with external monitor over thunderbolt dock. haven't done enough testing to know if that is a factor or not. sometimes they work, sometimes not. no sleep or focus mode enabled. clearing notifications in the notification center sometimes makes the notification popups start working again for new notifications. seems like a bug.
    – mattpr
    Commented Sep 3 at 12:49
  • @mattpr there is a setting which should say something like "allow notifications while Sharing the Screen"(sorry I have a German macOS and don't know the correct phrasing) under system settings notifications. Try turning that on. It solved my problem. I think you need to set this when you are using something like DisplayLink manager. Please Note that this settings while cause your notifications being shown when Screensharing in a Zoom Meeting etc.
    – Chris Boesing
    Commented Sep 4 at 13:23
  • Thanks @ChrisBoesing. I try it (was off). However the notifications sometimes show up and sometimes don't in this same configuration (docked, clamshell, external monitor). It is thunderbolt dock, so no displaylink. No active video calls...but who knows maybe a rogue app is using screen capture periodically preventing the notifications from showing up. I report back if the setting helps.
    – mattpr
    Commented Sep 4 at 16:15
  • Did you figure this out? I have the same issue. Gmail notifications popping up in notification center via Google Chrome, but they aren't appearing on my desktop. I have to manually open notification center to view.
    – wanderingstu
    Commented Nov 26 at 23:39

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I had the exact same behavior on my M3 MacBook Pro, and it turns out "Do Not Disturb" mode was turned on by default, which silenced notifications coming from all apps.. You can just go to the "Focus" tab in your system settings and allow certain apps, or turn of the "Do Not Disturb" all together.

Hope that helps!

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