Nest Labs offers relatively good mobile and Web interfaces for controlling your Nest thermostat, but an app called Thessa promises to make Nest control even easier via a simple Notification Center widget. Check out our review to see if Thessa should become your preferred way of making Nest temperature adjustments from your Mac.
New in iOS 9: Track iPhone Accessory Battery Life in Notification Center
The iPhone has quickly become its own digital hub, supporting countless portable accessories and peripherals like Bluetooth speakers, smartwatches, and headsets. New in iOS 9, Apple wants to make it easier to track the battery life of all of these portable devices via a Notification Center widget. Here’s how to enable it.
Quickly Enable Do Not Disturb on Your Mac with an Option-Click
Notification Center is a great feature in OS X that lets users keep track of updates and alerts in real time. But sometimes it’s all too much and we need a break, and that’s why Apple introduced a Do Not Disturb feature for Notification Center. Here’s a quick tip on how you can enable or disable Do Not Disturb with a single click.
How to Manage Safari Push Notifications in OS X Mavericks
Safari Push Notifications won’t placate the fans upset by Apple’s removal of native RSS support, but they can still be an easy way to keep track of your favorite websites. Here’s how to configure and manage them with Safari 7 in OS X Mavericks.
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How to Completely Disable Notification Center in Mac OS X
We’ve covered some Notification Center tips at TekRevue, but what if you just don’t want Apple’s notification platform at all? Here’s how to indefinitely banish it from your Mac. Note: this tip was originally written in April 2013 and tested on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. Like all system modifications, it may not work with newer versions of OS X. First, launch the Terminal app from /Applications/Utilities, enter the following command, and press Return: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist You’ll see the Notification…
How to Add iTunes Track Information to OS X Notification Center
Notification Center is a handy iOS tool brought to the desktop with OS X Mountain Lion that alerts users to various events on their Mac. Apple included built-in Notification Center support for many apps, such as Mail and FaceTime, but oddly neglected iTunes. Thankfully, third party apps can also tie into Notification Center and solve this oversight on Apple’s part. iTunification is a free app that adds iTunes notifications to Notification Center. When properly configured, users will receive a Notification…