Summarise 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 summarised 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 nursery.
Note: Apple Intelligence is available in macOS 15.1 on Mac models with M1 or later, with Siri and device language set to US English. To get started, see Get started with Apple Intelligence.
Turn notification summaries on or off
Your Mac can simplify and prioritise long or stacked notifications into summaries, making them easier to understand with a glance.
Choose Apple menu
.Click “Summarise previews”, then turn Summarise Previews on or off.
Customise notification summaries
You can change what app notifications you want to summarise.
Choose Apple menu
Click “Summarise previews”, then make sure Summarise Previews is turned on.
Under Summarise 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 customise 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 customise 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.