Keep your hands on the keyboardīusy lives get busy sidebars, right? On a Mac you can navigate through all those channels and messages using Option and the Up or Down arrows. You’ll be notified whenever that keyword gets used in any of your channels. Perhaps there’s a client relationship you take particularly seriously, in which case you might set that company name up as a keyword. If you are working on a project, you might set the application up to alert you when someone in any of your channels uses the project code name (“big heart,” for example).

Preferences > Notifications also gives you access to the Keywords item.

Now you can adjust notifications to the level you are comfortable with:Īlternatively, use the Do Not Disturb feature (click your profile icon, select Pause notifications, and choose a period of time) to give yourself a little space.Īnd don’t forget: You can also use the Mac’s default Notifications manager in System Preferences to put Slack notifications on a diet. Select a workspace and then choose Preferences > Notifications in Slack’s menu. If you work in a busy team, you may want to disable Slack notifications temporarily when you attempt to focus on a task, or adjust them to cut out the interruptions while still picking up on necessary stuff.

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