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Is there a way I can bind a single key on my keyboard to toggle "Do not Disturb"?

It would be more convenient that opening up the notification center and moving that awkward slider.

I do think that you can bind a key to a script, so a command line option for "Do not Disturb" would work as well, so if there is a command-line tool to enable/disable "Do not Disturb" then I will take that as an answer (since I am muy familiar with bash and applescript).

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    Here is a ruby script that needs you to pass an "on/off" but it uses the correct manner of applescript simulating the mouse actions. Just writing to the plist using bash directly doesn't do everything the UI does on 10.11, so I don't use defaults write to make this change directly anymore - gist.github.com/samnung/c7e767167cf70531ccdc
    – bmike ♦
    Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 16:18

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Hold down the Option key and click on the Notifications icon in the menu bar.

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  • That's great, but I'm looking for a single key to do this without the mouse.
    – Daniel
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 1:58
  • Go to System Preferences>Keyboard and select Mission Control. Tick the Do Not Disturb On/Off box then add your own button combination. Mine is Control Shift D. Granted its not a single button shortcut, but you don't have to load a script or anything for it.
    – simon
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 14:46
  • Thanks! ^ This one actually worked very very well. In fact, it worked better than the other answer.
    – Daniel
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 18:46
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Sure. Download the ruby script from https://gist.github.com/samnung/c7e767167cf70531ccdc and then just make a bash wrapper to call it.

do_not_disturb.rb on

You'll may want a tool like FastScripts to call the script (and if so, place your bash calling script in ~/Library/Scripts for it to show up there nicely)

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    And it runs from the command line just fine, so I'll throw it in as a bind.
    – Daniel
    Commented Nov 17, 2015 at 16:31
  • Adding it as a bind was difficult, and that didn't work well so I just tossed the idea. @simon 's answer worked well.
    – Daniel
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 18:46

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