Notifications
Choose which blocks alert you, whether alerts fill the screen or arrive as banners, and what Chunk plays.
Choose what alerts you
Chunk alerts you as a block you planned starts and as it ends, so you know when to move on without watching the clock. You choose which alerts you get, and how they look.
- Open Settings → Notifications.
- Turn on Task start notifications to be alerted as a block begins.
- Turn on Task complete notifications to be alerted as it ends.
- Turn on Include calendar events to be alerted for events from your calendars, not just your Chunk blocks.
Events alert you only from accounts with Show in day view on in Settings → Calendars, and only from the calendars you've selected for that account.
Choose fullscreen or banner
Under Notification style in Settings → Notifications, choose Fullscreen for Chunk's own alert, which covers the screen, or Banner for a macOS notification at the top right, with no buttons.
A start alert just names the block: its countdown is already running. Close a fullscreen one with Close or Esc, or leave it and it closes by itself after about 15 seconds.
When a block you planned in Chunk ends, the fullscreen alert lets you complete, reschedule or extend it. When a block ends explains each action.
Let banners through
A banner is a standard macOS notification, so your Mac's notification settings and Focus decide whether it shows.
- Open System Settings → Notifications and click Chunk under Application Notifications.
- Turn on Allow notifications.
- Check that its Alert Style shows notifications on screen.
- For a Focus, open System Settings → Focus and click the Focus you use.
- Add Chunk to its list of apps allowed to notify you.
The fullscreen alert isn't a macOS notification, so it shows during a Focus, with its sound. To keep a Focus quiet, choose Banner, or turn off Sounds in Settings → Sound & Haptics.
Sounds and haptics
Chunk plays a sound with each block alert and when you complete a task. Your trackpad ticks as you drag a block.
- Open Settings → Sound & Haptics.
- Turn off Sounds to silence them.
- Turn off Trackpad haptics to stop the ticks.
A banner's sound follows Play sound for notification in Chunk's macOS notification settings, and goes quiet in a Focus.
FAQ
Why didn't a block alert me?
Check that Task start notifications or Task complete notifications is on. Chunk doesn't alert you for all-day tasks or events, or for a block you've already ticked off.
How do I stop alerts for my calendar events?
Turn off Include calendar events in Settings → Notifications. To stop just one account's events, turn off Show in day view for it in Settings → Calendars, but that takes its events off your calendar in Chunk.
Why are there no buttons on a banner?
Banners are plain macOS notifications. For Mark complete, Reschedule… and More time, choose Fullscreen, or right-click the countdown in the menu bar while the block runs.
What is the Plan tomorrow banner?
In the first days of a trial, if your next working day has nothing planned when your day hours end, Chunk sends a Plan tomorrow banner. Open Chunk soon after and it takes you to that day at Plan. It stops once you've planned ahead by yourself.
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Download for MacUpdated 9 November 2026