How do I disable battery notifications in macOS Tahoe?

AaryanTheAppleFeedbackGuy wrote:

Once I upgraded to macOS Tahoe once my battery is below 10 percent, there are these very, very annoying notifications every few seconds asking me to plug my Mac in. It is overly distracting. Does anyone know how to disable these notifications? (Except for plugging the laptop in...)?

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Original Title: Annoying Battery Notifications In MacOS Tahoe

This Notification you mention is from the System >> macOS 26 Tahoe

As such, there is no such way to turn this off from within the Notification Centre

If the user wishes to continue to operate the computer too much longer on Only Battery Power

The computer may turn off which would eliminate the "very annoying notifications " would it not ?

It is not suggested to do this as it may shorten the life of the battery

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AaryanTheAppleFeedbackGuy wrote:

Once I upgraded to macOS Tahoe once my battery is below 10 percent, there are these very, very annoying notifications every few seconds asking me to plug my Mac in. It is overly distracting. Does anyone know how to disable these notifications? (Except for plugging the laptop in...)?

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Original Title: Annoying Battery Notifications In MacOS Tahoe

it is telling you to plug it in. It is not healthy for the Lithium-ion Batteries to deep cycle. Nothing new here.

the previous macOS many complaints

because there were no notifications when the battery dropped to ≤ 10 % +/-

The rule of thumb—if you are near the mains leave it plugged in, if you need the portability then run on the battery only—this is how you help optimize your battery charging and extend the working life of your battery by reducing the cycle count.

I would side step the issue in not letting the battery drain so low...(?)

Look at >System Settings>Notifications Battery ( or System Settings>Battery)

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meadowo wrote:

Same here. The issue is that there is no reason to charge my macbook once it hits 10%. I have another good hour before needing to charge, and this annoying notification reminds me about every 45 seconds amounting to around 80 notifications. I have attached a picture of what this looks like.

The same thing occurred with earlier versions of macOS if you acknowledged the notification. You would keep getting new notifications. I learned to just leave the battery low notice on screen so I did not get distracted by each new notification. Perhaps that may no longer be an option with Tahoe?

1) This should seriously be addressed in a future update as it is 1) unhelpful once first notified,

Actually it is a good reminder once the battery charge gets even lower, because it is actually bad for a Lithium Battery to be at 0% charge for any length of time as it can cause permanent hardware damage to a Lithium Battery.

2) annoying UX, and

Yes it is, but it is also kind of the point.....to prevent the Lithium Battery from getting completely drained which can cause permanent hardware damage to the battery.

Have you seen the other UX & UI changes in Tahoe (or even in the past few years)? There are a lot of worse ones where text is overlapping text due to the translucency features which cannot be completely disabled. The default macOS installation configuration settings for the past few years have been far from optimal for those with visual impairments. Why make a default install of macOS hard for the majority of users to navigate? This is far from the old Apple decades ago where the look & feel of the interface were primary. Now there must always be changes, just because it must be changed no matter what.

3) bad for the battery to plug it in prematurely.

No it is not bad for a Lithium Battery to be charged prematurely. That was the case for older battery technologies from decades ago, but not for Lithium Batteries. After all, macOS has Optimized Battery Charging where macOS will drain the battery at times to 80% & pause charging before resuming the charge cycle to 100% charge. If it was bad, then why does Apple have this Optimized Battery Charging feature?

If battery charging is paused or on hold on your Mac - Apple Support

TIsForTriggered wrote:

I live 100% off grid and on solar power. I physically cannot charge my laptop sometimes and have to use it for work regardless of the battery level. If I plug it in I won't have enough power to have heat for the night. Having it notify me every thirty seconds to a minute is not helpful in any way and is a huge distraction when I can still use the thing fine for another forty five minutes or longer. Maybe some people find this useful. I don't know what their situation is. But having a toggle to disable this would make my life, and evidently a few other people's a bit easier.

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I'm not sure you've understood the issue. On pre Tahoe, and every other apple platform 26s included, you get a single notification when certain thresholds are met. iPad at 10%, MacBook at 10%, iPhone and Vision Pro at 20 and again at 10%.

What's different here is getting a notification every minute once the MacBook gets around 10%. I even got one at 11%.

Same here. I understand the low-battery alert is supposed to be helpful, but currently it’s auditioning for a debt collection agency once the charge hits critical. I paid for the computer myself, and I’m happy to take responsibility for any damage caused by draining the battery. Just. stop. nagging. me.

Alelanza wrote:

I'm not sure you've understood the issue. On pre Tahoe, and every other apple platform 26s included, you get a single notification when certain thresholds are met. iPad at 10%, MacBook at 10%, iPhone and Vision Pro at 20 and again at 10%.

What's different here is getting a notification every minute once the MacBook gets around 10%. I even got one at 11%.

Consider this you nagging mother, as she knows best

Same here. The issue is that there is no reason to charge my macbook once it hits 10%. I have another good hour before needing to charge, and this annoying notification reminds me about every 45 seconds amounting to around 80 notifications. I have attached a picture of what this looks like. This should seriously be addressed in a future update as it is 1) unhelpful once first notified, 2) annoying UX, and 3) bad for the battery to plug it in prematurely.

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meadowo wrote:

Same here. The issue is that there is no reason to charge my macbook once it hits 10%. I have another good hour before needing to charge, and this annoying notification reminds me about every 45 seconds amounting to around 80 notifications. I have attached a picture of what this looks like. This should seriously be addressed in a future update as it is 1) unhelpful once first notified, 2) annoying UX, and 3) bad for the battery to plug it in prematurely.

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d8070f92-d0f5-4d89-a4ff-289270190d92

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There has been sufficient Technical Details supplied, in earlier posting, for the User ( you ) to make an informed and education choice of what actions are needed to avoid damaging the battery.

What the user ( you ) decides to do with this information is up to them

Actions have consequences, which in turn have repercussions. These repercussions may not always appear immediately, but when they do, they are often the least expected.

sarkara1 wrote:

Same here. I understand the low-battery alert is supposed to be helpful, but currently it’s auditioning for a debt collection agency once the charge hits critical. I paid for the computer myself, and I’m happy to take responsibility for any damage caused by draining the battery. Just. stop. nagging. me.

Well unless you submit feedback to Apple they will never know about your annoyance and irritation. Your complaint here falls on eyes that can do nothing about it. We here are just fellow users, not Apple Support.

I live 100% off grid and on solar power. I physically cannot charge my laptop sometimes and have to use it for work regardless of the battery level. If I plug it in I won't have enough power to have heat for the night. Having it notify me every thirty seconds to a minute is not helpful in any way and is a huge distraction when I can still use the thing fine for another forty five minutes or longer. Maybe some people find this useful. I don't know what their situation is. But having a toggle to disable this would make my life, and evidently a few other people's a bit easier.

I've been running my battery into the ground for 5 years and still haven't seen any decrease in performance, and at this rate it will probably be considered obsolete by Apple by the time the battery becomes unusable. I'd still like to get rid of these stupid notifications.

The notifications are incessant and occur randomly every few seconds. This is extremely intrusive and is clearly a bug; it has nothing to do with what is/isn't healthy for Li-ion batteries. If it is somehow a real feature, it should at least be possible to disable the notifications. By suggesting to not let the battery drain, you are foolishly upholding Apple's long-standing tradition of "you're using it wrong". The entire purpose of the battery is to be used, not to just sit there for no reason.

Same here, M1 MBA

Alelanza wrote:

Same here, M1 MBA

Same here

Same advise