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Under Apple menu > System Preferences > Notifications > Do Not Disturb: Enables Do Not Disturb and sets time range from 7:01 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., effectively disabling macOS Notifications.
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Disable Notifications.bash
#!/bin/bash
# get currently logged in user
currentUser=$( /usr/bin/stat -f "%Su" /dev/console )
echo "Current user is $currentUser."
# set Do No Disturb for the current user to enabled between 7:01 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.
su "$currentUser" -c "defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist dndEnd -int 420" # minutes
su "$currentUser" -c "defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist dndStart -int 421" # minutes
exit 0
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