Do Not Disturb

How to suppress telemarketing calls on the iPhone

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 a 10:53 am

There are few first-world problems as infuriating as spammy telemarketing calls. Sadly, carrier networks don't seem to have their interests aligned with customers enough to prevent the wasting of our voice minutes, not to mention our life minutes, and iOS doesn't make blocking calls or messages easy either. And, of course, they always seem to come in just as we're sitting down to eat, relax, or in my case, while traveling so I can get stuck paying exorbitant roaming fees as well. Luckily, developer David Smith was annoyed enough to find a work around.

Apple says Do Not Disturb will fix itself on January 7, until then you're on your own

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, Jan 2, 2013 a 5:34 pm

Apple has released a knowledge base article that says iOS 6's Do Not Disturb scheduling feature, which for some reason decided to take the New Year off, will start working again on January 7. Apple also recommend that, until then, anyone experiencing the issue turn Do Not Disturb on and off manually.

Apple airs new iPhone 5 commercial, Dream

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 a 3:32 pm

Apple has aired a new ad for the iPhone 5, this time focused on the Do Not Disturb feature that lets you turn off Notification Center alerts for set periods of time.

iOS 6 Do Not Disturb goes on bender, takes New Years off

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jan 1, 2013 a 10:17 am

Proving once again that even the latest, greatest iOS time-based feature can fail in the face of simple change, tons of reports are flying around the internet that Do Not Disturb -- the feature that lets you mute Notification Center alerts during specified, usually nighttime, periods -- stopped working at some point between 2012 and 2013.

Manually flipping Do Not Disturb from off to on again seems to fix the problem, though that might be small comfort when the Game Center trumpet goes off at 4am after you've been out old lang syne-ing until the wee hours.

How to set up and use Notification Center's Do Not Disturb mode

By Allyson Kazmucha, Wednesday, Sep 26, 2012 a 10:37 am

While Notification Center is a great tool for receiving alerts on your iPhone and iPad, some times notification turns into interruption. That's where the new iOS 6 Do Not Disturb feature comes in. It allows your iPhone or iPad to continue to collect notifications without beeping, buzzing, or lighting up the lock screen. Whether you're in a meeting or want a peaceful night's sleep, Do Not Disturb can give you it.

iOS 6 preview: Do Not Disturb and Remind Me Later

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Sep 2, 2012 a 10:40 am

While Apple improved their alert system with Notification Center in iOS 5, they're finally bringing some sanity and serenity to it with iOS 6. Too much notification turns into interruption, especially if your only options are to answer or hang up, to leave everything on or turn everything off. It makes us the single-points of failure in our memory chain, and let's face it, why bother having these fancy devices if we're the ones who have to remember to call back, or remember to activate and deactivate alerts every morning and night. Which brings us to Remind Me Later and Do Not Disturb.

iOS 6 Phone app and Notification Center get Do Not Disturb and Remind Me Later features

By Allyson Kazmucha, Monday, Jun 11, 2012 a 2:55 pm

Notification Center will receive some good updates in iOS 6 including some new features such as Do Not Disturb and Remind Me Later which will give you even more fine-tuned control over the way you use notifications.

OS X Mountain Lion gets Notification Center do-not-disturb -- Can we have that for iOS 6?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 2, 2012 a 10:40 am

Apple updated their OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion developer preview 8 distribution yesterday and with it came a new feature for Notification center -- do not disturb. It looks like a great feature and something that would be very much welcome not only in OS X, but in iOS 6 as well.