

To un-mute the conversation, simply click on “Details” and uncheck the “Do Not Disturb” box again. The user that is muted will have no indication that they have been muted, and you can still respond if you want to as well.īy the way, if you’re getting pelted by a barrage of messages, you may also want to mute the same conversation in iOS too using a similar trick on the iPhone and iPad. The message is signified as muted / Do Not Disturb with the familiar little moon icon from the system wide DND feature in iOS, which will appear next to the users name and avatar icon in the Messages conversation window sidebar. Check the box for “Do Not Disturb – Mute notifications for this conversation” – the effect is instantaneous and you’ll stop getting alerts, sounds, or notifications from this group chat.Click on the “Details” button in the upper corner.From the Messages app of Mac, select the conversation you want to mute so that it’s active.
#TURN ON THE SOUND FOR MY TEXT MESSAGES ON A MAC HOW TO#
Here’s how to use the Messages Do Not Disturb feature to selectively silence any conversation: Now open the Message received sound drop-down menu to choose a new tone. Then go to Messages > Preferences from the menu bar. To change the notification sound, you need to open the Messages app instead. Then uncheck the option to Play sound for notifications. To mute text and iMessage notification sounds on your Mac, go to System Preferences > Notifications > Messages.

How to Mute Messages Conversations on Mac with Do Not Disturb It’s easy to turn off this sound or to change it to something less annoying. Easy to do, it’s actually called “Do Not Disturb” (similar to the iOS and Mac OS system functions), except that it’s specific to a conversation in Messages app. You can mute any conversation going on in Messages app of Mac OS X this way, regardless of what platform the other participants are using, or whether it’s a group chat or a single message.
