HOW TO Use Notification Centre and add widgets
01 NOTIFICATION CENTRE BASICS
When a notification appears, swipe right on it to hide it. Click the time and date in the top-right corner to open Notification Centre. Here you can act on your alerts, including seeing more details, closing them, and more.
02 STACKED ALERTS
Multiple notifications from the same app are grouped in stacks. Click the top notification in a stack to expand it and see the others, or hide them by clicking Show Less. Clear (or Clear All) removes the stacked alerts.
03 TAKE ACTION
Each notification has one or more options, such as snoozing an alarm or replying to a message. Hover over the notification to see the options (you might have to click a downward arrow to expand the options list).
04 SEE MORE
Some notifications, such as those with content hidden by your settings, do not show everything on-screen. If a notification says ‘See more’, clicking this button will give you more options for responding to the alert.
05 DELIVER QUIETLY
To customise alert settings, click the ‘≥’ button, then ‘…’ and choose Deliver Quietly (which sends alerts directly to Notification Centre) or Deliver Prominently. This plays a sound and shows a notification banner.
06 TURN OFF NOTIFICATIONS
When adjusting notification settings, there is also a Turn Off button. As well as that, there is a button for Notification Preferences, which opens System Preferences on the Notifications pane (see ‘Genius tip’ on opposite page).
07 ADD A NEW WIDGET
The Notification Centre contains widgets. Click the time and date, then click Edit Widgets at the bottom. Choose an app on the left and select its size in the central column. Click the widget to add it to the sidebar.
08 ADJUST WIDGET ORDER
You can rearrange widgets already in the sidebar by clicking and dragging them to a new spot. When adding a new widget, you can drag it to wherever you want instead of automatically adding it to the bottom of the list.
09 REMOVE THE SURPLUS
When you are on the Edit Widget screen, hover over a widget in the sidebar and a minus ‘–’ button appears. Click this to remove the widget. When you are finished, click Done at the bottom of the Notification Centre.