Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions with Apple Intelligence on Mac
With its deep understanding of language, Apple Intelligence* can help condense the information most important to you. Notifications are summarized so you can scan them for key details, such as when a group chat is particularly active. And the Reduce Interruptions Focus shows you only the notifications that might need immediate attention, like a text about an early pickup from daycare.
Note: Apple Intelligence is available in macOS 15.1 on Mac models with M1 or later, with Siri and device language set to U.S. English. To get started, see Get started with Apple Intelligence.
Turn notification summaries on or off
Your Mac can simplify and prioritize long or stacked notifications into summaries, making them easier to understand with a glance.
Choose Apple menu
.Click “Summarize previews,” then turn Summarize Previews on or off.
Customize notification summaries
You can change what app notifications you want to summarize.
Choose Apple menu
Click “Summarize previews,” then make sure Summarize Previews is turned on.
Under Summarize Notification Previews From, turn Notification Previews on or off for each app.
Use the Reduce Interruptions Focus
The Reduce Interruptions Focus understands the content of your notifications and shows you the most important ones, but silences notifications that are less important.
You can customize a Reduced Interruptions Focus the same way you would any other Focus. Any notification you specifically allow or silence will always be allowed or silenced.
To customize a Reduced Interruptions Focus, follow these steps:
Choose Apple menu
.Click Reduce Interruptions, then do any of the following:
Note: The Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing setting is automatically turned on when you use the Reduce Interruptions Focus.
Use Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing in Focus settings
You can turn on Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing when you use any other Focus—for example, Personal. When this setting is active, the Focus intelligently allows important notifications to interrupt you and silences notifications determined not to be important when the Focus is turned on.
Note: When you turn on Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing for any Focus, any notifications allowed or silenced will always be allowed or silenced.