{"id":41305,"date":"2020-08-24T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/?p=38871"},"modified":"2020-08-24T07:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T07:01:00","slug":"new-in-parallels-desktop-16-synchronized-do-not-disturb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/new-in-parallels-desktop-16-synchronized-do-not-disturb\/","title":{"rendered":"New in Parallels Desktop 16 \u2013 Synchronized \u201cDo Not Disturb\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This post is part of a series about new features in<\/em> Parallels Desktop 16<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI turned on ‘Do Not Disturb\u2019, but I am still getting annoying alerts. Make them stop!\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

For most people, the idea of running two operating systems at the same time is pretty strange. So, it is not surprising that when they change a setting in one operating system, they don\u2019t even think about the other operating system. And, that is certainly the case with the \u201cDo Not Disturb\u201d setting. <\/p>\n

Both the macOS and Windows OS have a \u201cDo Not Disturb\u201d setting. That said, in Windows it is called \u201cFocus Assist\u201d. (Figure 1) <\/p>\n

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Figure 1_Do Not Disturb in Mac and Focus Assist in Windows<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mac users will certainly go to the Mac setting first, so in Parallels Desktop 16, the Windows Focus Assist setting is synchronized with the Mac Do Not Disturb setting. Change the Do Not Disturb setting on the Mac, and Parallels Desktop changes the Focus Assist setting in Windows, as you can see in this video: <\/p>\n