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Instructions for reviewing and customizing app notification settings on a Bowdoin-issued MacBook and iPad. Covers turning notifications on or off per app, adjusting alert styles, disabling sounds and badges, and using scheduled notification summaries.

Instructions for turning on Screen Time and reviewing weekly usage reports on a Bowdoin-issued MacBook and iPad. Covers viewing app usage, pickup frequency, and notification counts to build awareness of device habits.

Instructions for creating and using custom Focus modes on a Bowdoin-issued MacBook and iPad. Covers building modes such as Class, Study, and Social, choosing who and what can reach you during each mode, scheduling a Focus (including a class schedule), showing different Home Screen pages per Focus, and staying reachable for emergencies.

Instructions for controlling Microsoft Teams notifications, including general preferences such as sounds and previews, chat and channel notification settings, muting a specific chat, managing notifications for a channel, and reducing noise from less active channels. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using Teams on Windows, macOS, or the web.

Instructions for turning off (or back on) the sounds that Outlook plays for email and other notifications on a Mac, using the Notifications and Sounds settings. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using the Outlook desktop app on macOS.

How to configure Quiet Hours and Quiet Days in the Teams mobile app to automatically stop call and message notifications during evenings, weekends, or personal time.