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> The amount of notifications/nags/etc. on a modern Mac/Windows computer is absolutely mind-boggling Really? Only notifications I get on my Mac right now are f

> The amount of notifications/nags/etc. on a modern Mac/Windows computer is absolutely mind-boggling Really? Only notifications I get on my Mac right now are from few programs that I have allowed, mainly for messages and e-mail. That's it. On Windows there are more, but MacOS leaves me alone pretty much most of the time. Perhaps it was different in 2013, but it's not definitely "mind-boggling amount of notifications".

goosedragons 4y ago
If you don't use Safari the OS will nag you to use Safari until you launch it whenever you open a non-Safari browser. You can temporarily ignore it for a bit but it will come back. And this resets every time Safari is updated. They will also stick a notification badge on system preferences if you're not using iCloud.
- ben_w 4y ago
  I've never had that problem on any machine or OS version. I do have a pointless notification telling me there's a new version of macOS I could update to, and the reason it's pointless is that my mac is too old for the specific new version of macOS that the notification is trying to convince me to install. But that thing you're getting with the web browser, I've never had that problem.
  - goosedragons 4y ago
    It's pretty old and still exists. Since you're on an old macOS it's never going to reset and bug you to try the new Safari because it's never updated. https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-osx-try-safari-promotion.html https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-osx-try-safari-promotion....
    - ben_w 4y ago
      My personal mac is old, but the OS is newer than that link. My current work mac (and all previous work macs back to when my current personal mac was new) have never had the bug you're talking about — install chrome, make default, never get nagged.
- lalopalota 4y ago
  I use MacOS Monterey. Never been nagged by OS to use safari instead of my current browser. Safari does have a "set me as default" nag I cant disable, the few times I've launched it - but this is in the browser window, not a notification. Never logged into iCloud and have never seen this notification badge.
- thiht 4y ago
  This is just false. I'm using Firefox and have never been asked to use Safari instead.
- masukomi 4y ago
  I haven't had this problem ever, and that goes back to when Safari was first released. Yes, on a new machine, first launch of another browser... after that I click the button to make that the default browser and then never happens again. And I've gone through a LOT of machines since Safari was released.

goosedragons 4y ago

If you don't use Safari the OS will nag you to use Safari until you launch it whenever you open a non-Safari browser. You can temporarily ignore it for a bit but it will come back. And this resets every time Safari is updated. They will also stick a notification badge on system preferences if you're not using iCloud.

ben_w 4y ago
I've never had that problem on any machine or OS version. I do have a pointless notification telling me there's a new version of macOS I could update to, and the reason it's pointless is that my mac is too old for the specific new version of macOS that the notification is trying to convince me to install. But that thing you're getting with the web browser, I've never had that problem.
- goosedragons 4y ago
  It's pretty old and still exists. Since you're on an old macOS it's never going to reset and bug you to try the new Safari because it's never updated. https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-osx-try-safari-promotion.html https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-osx-try-safari-promotion....
  - ben_w 4y ago
    My personal mac is old, but the OS is newer than that link. My current work mac (and all previous work macs back to when my current personal mac was new) have never had the bug you're talking about — install chrome, make default, never get nagged.
lalopalota 4y ago
I use MacOS Monterey. Never been nagged by OS to use safari instead of my current browser. Safari does have a "set me as default" nag I cant disable, the few times I've launched it - but this is in the browser window, not a notification. Never logged into iCloud and have never seen this notification badge.
thiht 4y ago
This is just false. I'm using Firefox and have never been asked to use Safari instead.
masukomi 4y ago
I haven't had this problem ever, and that goes back to when Safari was first released. Yes, on a new machine, first launch of another browser... after that I click the button to make that the default browser and then never happens again. And I've gone through a LOT of machines since Safari was released.