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# isPaused

A Boolean value that indicates whether the system suspends the display link’s notifications to the target.

```
var isPaused: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

The default value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>. If <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, the display link doesn’t send notifications to the target.

This property is thread safe, so you can set it from a thread separate to the one in which the display link runs.

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