Toggle Do Not Disturb (w/ Yosemite Support)

[Ender]

Toggle Do Not Disturb

 

The AppleScript used in the workflow posted here stopped working in Yosemite.  

I found a new AppleScript (on github) and updated the workflow accordingly.

 

Download Workflow

[Subject22]

The AppleScript included in that workflow is a little unreliable. On my machine it will often execute both try blocks, causing Do Not Disturb to be toggled twice (effectively resetting it to whatever it was before I invoked the workflow). Here's an improved version without that issue.

tell application "System Events"
	set toggled to false
	option key down
	delay 0.1
	
	try
		click menu bar item "Notification Center" of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		set toggled to true
	end try
	
	if not toggled then
		try
			click menu bar item "NotificationCenter, Do Not Disturb enabled" of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		end try
	end if
	
	option key up
end tell

And here's the workflow.

[Ender]

Interesting, I hadn't had that problem until I tried it today.  I'm far from an AppleScript expert, so thanks for the new script

[Subject22]

Neither am I And no worries!

[jsn117]

Neither am I And no worries!

 

Hey guys, thank you so much for working on this script. I've done the most recent changes in Mavericks (10.10.3) but it doesn't seem to work, is it still functioning for you? Cheers and thanks again!

[frdmn]

Adjusted to make it work for non-US langauges:

tell application "System Events"
	set toggled to false
	option key down
	delay 0.1
	
	try
		click menu bar item "Notification Center" of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		set toggled to true
	end try
	
	if not toggled then
		try
			click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		end try
	end if
	
	option key up
end tell

[jsn117]

 

Adjusted to make it work for non-US langauges:

tell application "System Events"
	set toggled to false
	option key down
	delay 0.1
	
	try
		click menu bar item "Notification Center" of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		set toggled to true
	end try
	
	if not toggled then
		try
			click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		end try
	end if
	
	option key up
end tell

 

Still not working for me, anyone else having trouble?

[sashaski]

None of these seem to work for me (on Yosemite 10.10.5). Would love to figure out how to fix it!

[liatmgat]

That worked for me! (The multiple languages fix). Thank you so much!

 

~ No molestar ~

~ Não perturbe ~

~ Ne pas deranger ~

 

))

[forgetfulfellow]

Works fine for me on Yosemite 10.10.5

[tabacitu]

Small opinionated update:

- used the language fix above

- change keywork to "dnd"

- added a growl notification

 

Credit goes to Ender. Thanks for the workflow!

 

Download here.

[sashaski]

Small opinionated update:

- used the language fix above

- change keywork to "dnd"

- added a growl notification

 

Credit goes to Ender. Thanks for the workflow!

 

Download here.

 

This works great, however I've noticed it doesn't work with the app Bartender been used.

 

Any idea how to get it to work alongside it?

[paulw]

I made a new version that checks whether Do Not Disturb is currently enabled, and lets you know which way you'll be toggling it. It then notifies you.

 

No idea why it doesn't work with Bartender. If anyone has any suggestions for that problem or for improvements, by all means go ahead.

 

https://github.com/paulrudy/alfred-toggle-do-not-disturb

[liatmgat]

Thanks all! I did a ghetto workaround to make this work with Bartender - I just had the script quit Bartender at the beginning and then start it again at the end. It actually is surprisingly fast, so it seems like it will work for me until someone smart comes up with a real fix.

 

(I adapted tabacitu's version because I thought it was faster.) Thank you paulw - I leave yours running too so I can tell from the Alfred results whether DND is off or on. But then I run tabacitu's version to toggle it.

try
	tell application "Bartender 2"
		quit
	end tell
end try
tell application "System Events"
	set toggled to false
	option key down
	delay 0.1
	
	try
		click menu bar item "Notification Center" of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		set toggled to true
	end try
	
	if not toggled then
		try
			click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		end try
	end if
	
	option key up
end tell
tell application "Bartender 2"
	activate
end tell

[paulw]

liatmgat. you could also replace the script in the two "run script" sections (they're identical to each other except for one line: "delay 3") in my workflow with the script you prefer above.

Edited May 27, 2016 by paulw

[paulw]

Also, my version has a 3 second delay when turning Do Not Disturb ON, to allow for time to view the notification (otherwise, without the delay, there would be no notification, because Do Not Disturb would be on!). You can remove that delay in the script. You just wouldn't see a notification then.

[sashaski]

Clever way of getting round that! Thanks

 

 

Thanks all! I did a ghetto workaround to make this work with Bartender - I just had the script quit Bartender at the beginning and then start it again at the end. It actually is surprisingly fast, so it seems like it will work for me until someone smart comes up with a real fix.

 

(I adapted tabacitu's version because I thought it was faster.) Thank you paulw - I leave yours running too so I can tell from the Alfred results whether DND is off or on. But then I run tabacitu's version to toggle it.

try
	tell application "Bartender 2"
		quit
	end tell
end try
tell application "System Events"
	set toggled to false
	option key down
	delay 0.1
	
	try
		click menu bar item "Notification Center" of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		set toggled to true
	end try
	
	if not toggled then
		try
			click menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2 of application process "SystemUIServer"
		end try
	end if
	
	option key up
end tell
tell application "Bartender 2"
	activate
end tell

[squandre]

I made a new version that checks whether Do Not Disturb is currently enabled, and lets you know which way you'll be toggling it. It then notifies you.

 

No idea why it doesn't work with Bartender. If anyone has any suggestions for that problem or for improvements, by all means go ahead.

 

https://github.com/paulrudy/alfred-toggle-do-not-disturb

 

I have tried every version of this and it doesn't seem to work. Running El Capitan 10.11.6 in Dutch.

[paulw]

Check that Alfred has been enabled in System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility.

[Jakub Sypiański]

None of these versions is working for me. Sierra 10.12.6 in Polish with Bartender 2.

[Jkscx]

On 9/1/2017 at 2:58 PM, Jakub Sypiański said:

None of these versions is working for me. Sierra 10.12.6 in Polish with Bartender 2.

 

I tried making something myself and it works successfully on El Capitan 10.11.6 with Bartender 2.  Should work on any Mac (with or without Bartender) as long as Apple doesn't change the Notification Center plist location (I think...).

 

I got the code from this StackOverflow answer and converted it into a simple Alfred workflow. Here it is if you want to give it a try  

 

PS. It doesn't need to have Accessibility enabled which is a nice bonus.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3NCikqzbt5Qm1TdmkwQWFxUkU/view?usp=sharing

Edited October 25, 2017 by Jkscx
Additional info

[Jakub Sypiański]

1 hour ago, Jkscx said:

 

I tried making something myself and it works successfully on El Capitan 10.11.6 with Bartender 2.  Should work on any Mac (with or without Bartender) as long as Apple doesn't change the Notification Center plist location (I think...).

 

Yey, it works, thank you so much, Jkscx!

[paulw]

I updated my workflow from 2016, which notifies you beforehand whether DND is enabled or not, to use the defaults write method. It works in Mojave now, except that the notification center icon does not update. Working on finding a solution to that.

 

Github link: https://github.com/paulrudy/alfred-toggle-do-not-disturb

 

 

[karbassi]

For anyone looking for a working version for Big Sur (as of May 2021), I created a workflow that works.

 

https://github.com/karbassi/alfred-toggle-do-not-disturb

[paulw]

Nice work. Is there any way to update the menubar icon as well?