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What the use of Website Push ID and how it differs from the normal APNS?

Hello everyone I have been doing push notifications the usual way. There also I can send push notification via a website via proper scripts. I am reading Website Push ID that you can send push messages directly from your website to os x. Any idea how does it differ? The OS X means iphone/ipad devices and mac?

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veereev Avatar asked Jun 18 '13 12:06

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This is documented under the OS X Documentation (there's even an implementation video). You must be a developer to access the documentation since it is under NDA.

Apple publicly lists the documentation (but doesn't give access to) here: https://developer.apple.com/notifications/

If only there were a search engine to see if people have disclosed information about "website push notifications available in OS X Mavericks" ...

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Sum Avatar answered Oct 21 '22 05:10

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