do-not-disturbmacosnotifications
I've come to accept that there's no way to turn off Notification Center, but I'd at least like it to not disturb me.
You can schedule a Do Not Disturb time, but there doesn't seem to be any way to make it 24 hours a day. If I make it 0:00 to 0:00, it's never on. If I make it 0:00 to 23:59, it floods me with notifications at the tick of midnight.
Unfortunately, on the Mac, Do Not Disturb turns off automatically at midnight.
Is there any way to permanently enable DND?
You can just setup a global keyboard shortcut for it in System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Mission Control
Or if you definitely want it from the command line, an applescript to do this (assuming you setup the keyboard shortcut to use cmdshiftoptctrlD.
Note that you still MUST setup a keyboard command in System Preferences for this to work.
Put the below script into a file, say, ~/dnd.applescript
ignoring application responses
tell application "System Events" to keystroke "D" using {command down, shift down, option down, control down}
end ignoring
Now you can run osascript ~/dnd.applescript from the command line to toggle your DND setting.
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One workaround that I see a lot is to ask your workplace for a dedicated work phone - if they expect you to be reachable outside of office hours, then they've likely got some legal obligation to provide this.
When you're not working, turn it off.
On the other hand, if you can't just let go of work when you get home, that is a whole different problem and possible solutions I can think of are to keep yourself busier by getting a new pet, child or lover. This is especially true if you already have at least one of these.
Best Answer
I used the hacky workaround in this post on my slightly older Macs and it worked like a charm.
https://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/os-x-10.8-turning-off-notification-center-permanently