Notifications & Widgets
Notification Permission
The first time you open the app, macOS asks whether Yucts may send notifications. You can change this later in System Settings → Notifications → Yucts on your Mac, or click "Allow Notifications" or "Open System Settings" in the app's Settings → Notifications.
Push Notifications (Sign-in Required)
Push notifications for private messages, forum alerts, new articles, and more require a YUCTS account. Everything is in Settings (⌘,) → Notifications:
Push Status
The top of the tab says whether this Mac will receive notifications right now, for example "This Mac will receive notifications" (permission, Apple push, and YUCTS server registration are all working), or what needs attention: notifications are off in System Settings, notifications aren't allowed yet, you aren't signed in, push is turned off for this Mac, registration is in progress, or it's currently Do Not Disturb time. When a Focus is on, notifications may be delayed or only appear in Notification Center.
"Receive Push Notifications" below is the main switch; when it's off, this Mac receives no push notifications.
Notification Types
After you sign in, you can turn 7 types on or off separately:
- New blog post
- New Forum Threads
- Deals (up to 30 a day; beyond that you get a single digest)
- Forum alert notifications
- Forum Messages
- Replies & Mentions
- Official Announcements
Changes are saved automatically to this Mac's push settings. If saving fails, the change is reverted and the reason is shown.
Do Not Disturb
Turn on "Enable DND" and set the "Start Time" and "End Time" (they can span midnight, for example 22:00 → 08:00). You won't receive non-urgent push notifications during that time. The "Quiet hours time zone" decides when the time window applies; it's your device's time zone by default, and you can search every time zone worldwide.
Notification Sound
Choose one of ten YUCTS sounds (Sakura Breeze is the default), "System Default", or "Silent", and "Preview" them. The sound applies only to this Mac, so other devices on the same account can each use their own, and you can set it before signing in. Sounds are played by the system, so you won't hear them when system sounds are off or a Focus or Do Not Disturb is on.
Push Diagnostics
Send a test notification to this Mac (at most once a minute) and check how recent push notifications were delivered.
Clicking a Notification
Clicking a push notification opens the related content, such as a forum thread, a private conversation, or an article. Notifications on macOS don't have a reply button.
Departure Reminders (Local Notifications)
In Departure Reminders in the Travel Hub, click "Set Reminders" for a trip, and your Mac sends local notifications the day before departure at the same time of day and at 08:00 on the day of departure. This doesn't require signing in, but notifications must be allowed and the trip needs a start date. See Travel Tools.
Dock Badge & Festival Icon
- When you're signed in, the Dock icon shows a badge with the number of unread forum notifications.
- During Japanese or Taiwanese festivals, the Dock icon switches to a festival icon while the app is running; see "Appearance & Themes" in Getting Started.
Desktop Widgets
On the desktop or in Notification Center, choose Edit Widgets and search for "YUCTS" to add these widgets:
| Widget | What it shows | Sizes |
|---|---|---|
| YUCTS 最新 | The latest articles and unread forum count | Small, Medium |
| Trip Countdown | A countdown to your next trip; during a trip, which day it is | Small, Medium |
| Today's Plan | Today's next stop, its time, and your progress | Medium, Large, Extra Large |
| Flights & Bookings | Upcoming flights, accommodation, and transport bookings (not live flight status) | Small, Medium, Large |
| Spending & Budget | The trip budget, amount spent, and what's left (NT$) | Small, Medium |
| Travel Tools | Quick access to exchange rates, phrases, the packing list, and expenses; rates are the latest ones the app fetched | Small, Medium |
- When editing "Trip Countdown", "Today's Plan", or "Spending & Budget", you can choose a "Trip"; if none is chosen, the current or next trip is shown. "Flights & Bookings" shows bookings from all trips when no trip is chosen.
- Widgets follow the app's color theme. Widgets don't go online by themselves; the app updates their data, and opening the app brings them up to date.
In-App Banners
The top of Home shows service status and official announcements; see Home & Content Browsing. When the Dock icon switches to a festival icon, the app also shows a notice at the top once.
Differences from the iPhone Version
The macOS version doesn't have Live Activities, Lock Screen widgets, Siri and Shortcuts, the Share Extension, or iMessage stickers, and notifications don't have a reply button.