Why you Might Want to Turn Off Tips on Your Mac

Do you get tired of seeing the Tips pop-up window every time you open up a new app or MacOS feature? You’re not alone. The constant interruptions can be distracting and annoying and can prevent you from getting work done. Fortunately, there is an easy way to turn off the tips.

In this article, we will discuss why and how you might want to turn off those pesky Mac Tips so that you can regain your focus.

Reasons to Turn Off Tips

If you are using Mac, you might want to consider turning off tips. Tips are helpful pop-up windows and messages that appear to inform you of various features and tools available on your Mac. While they are meant to enhance your user experience, they can become distracting and irritating over time.

Let’s explore the reasons why you might want to turn off these tips:

Get rid of distracting notifications

Turning off tips on your Mac can help you stay focused and reduce distracting notifications. While you are hard at work trying to perfect a project, nothing is more annoying than taking a break to read the newest “Tip of the Day” from Apple each time you start or restart your computer. By opting out of tips, you can avoid having to take extra time out of your day.

Furthermore, pop-ups for tips and “did you know” messages may appear at random times throughout the day, disrupting workflow and taking away from productivity. If these tips aren’t providing any added value in terms of education or understanding how to use your Mac, it would be best to just turn that function off prevent any further stress or irritation.

Finally, turning off tips can also be used as part of a privacy tactic as well. Digital products like our Macs tend to collect analytics such as device usage time and log interactions with other software apps installed on the computer. By choosing not to receive Apple Tips, we are taking one extra step in keeping our data safe from being tracked and monitored by third-party entities not associated with Apple.

Avoid tips you already know

If you are an experienced Mac user, you may find the tips that appear frequently in Mac OS to be annoying and redundant. Therefore, if you want to reduce the clutter on your computer’s screen and clear up alerts every once in a while, it is best that you turn these off.

Additionally, sometimes the tips may mislead or present outdated information which could confuse novice users. Disabling these tips avoids potential complications during navigation and helps users to stay focused on getting the job done rather than having to go through unnecessary tutorials.

Finally, some people simply find visual prompts like tips and notifications distracting when they are working or trying to concentrate on certain tasks. Turning off these things helps keep distractions away so that productivity stays at its peak. It is up to every individual users’ discretion whether they prefer having constant reminders or not but no matter what most Mac programs offer a way for disabling them during work hours so as not to bombard users with information which may already be known.

Improve system performance

One of the major benefits of turning off tips on your Mac is improved system performance. System performance takes a hit when your computer is tracked and monitored in order to serve up personalised tips. Turning this feature off removes the need for macOS to track your usage, thereby improving system response time, as well as reducing battery drain, disk writes, and RAM usage.

Additionally, turning off tips will also protect your Mac from malware that might target the tracking systems used by macOS.

How to turn off tips mac

If you’re a Mac user, you may have noticed the little pop-up tips that appear on your screen from time to time. They may be helpful at first but can become annoying if they appear too often. Fortunately, MacOS makes it easy to turn off these tips, so you can have your Mac back to its usual self in no time. Read on to learn how to turn off tips on your Mac.

Open System Preferences

If you’re looking to turn off tips on your Mac, the first step is to open System Preferences. To do this, click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of your screen. Once you open System Preferences, look for the ‘Accessibility’ option and select it.

In the Accessibility window, look for ‘Display’ and click on that. You should now be able to see a box next to ‘Show Screen Tips’; simply uncheck this box and then close System Preferences. This should turn off all of the helpful tips that are provided when using various built-in apps on your Mac system.

Select Notifications

In order to turn off notifications for tips, you first need to open System Preferences on your Mac by clicking on the Apple Menu and selecting ‘System Preferences.’

On the System Preferences window, you will need to select ‘Notifications’ and then make sure that the box beside ‘Do not show notifications for tips’ is checked. This will permanently disable notifications for tips unless it is unchecked at a later time.

Once this is done, you should be able to close out of the Notifications window and ensure that no further notifications will be shown. It should also be noted that if these settings are changed at a later time, they can always be reverted back to their default settings by:

• Unchecking the box next to ‘Do not show notifications for tips’.

Uncheck the box for “Allow Notifications from Apps”

If you are receiving annoying tips, then you may want to turn off notifications from apps in order to avoid seeing them. To do this, go to System Preferences on your Mac and click on Notifications. Here you can choose which apps you want to receive notifications for and uncheck the box for “Allow Notifications from Apps“. You can then select None under the Alerts section so that no alerts will be displayed when an app sends a notification.

In addition, if there are any apps that frequently send you tips, then you can uncheck their individual boxes as well. This will ensure that they do not send any more of their tips or notifications until they are re-enabled. Additionally, if there is an app whose tips have become bothersome because they keep repeating themselves too often, then you can click on the Options button located near each of the apps’ settings and adjust their frequency.

Conclusion

Considering all the information in this article, it is clear that there are numerous reasons why you might want to turn off tips on your Mac. They won’t add any value to your computing experience and can even be distracting and annoying in some cases. We recommend taking a few minutes to adjust your settings and make sure that tips are turned off on your Mac, so you can enjoy an uninterrupted computing experience.

By disabling tips, you also help ensure that all malicious actors out there don’t gain access to important personal data contained within them. If a hacker manages to take control of your Mac, they could easily craft malicious notifications that could ask you for personal credentials or redirect you to external sites where malicious code is being run, so it’s best for everyone if you keep tips turned off.