mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/dotfiles

Disabling notification center not working on High Sierra Beta

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Description

The following is not working on High Sierra Beta:

# Disable Notification Center and remove the menu bar icon
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist 2> /dev/null

Even after executing that, notifications are still happening...

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported launchctl unload command on High Sierra Beta and verify whether notifications and the menu bar icon remain. Done means identifying a change that disables Notification Center as intended, with the behavior confirmed after running the command.

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Assessment

Tech stack
macos, shell
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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