Turn off little yellow pop up boxes

These little devils are everywhere giving me all kinds of information I don't want. Safari has them, Pages and Numbers have them etc. Is there a way to turn them off. I have "Block pop-ups" on in Safari but does no good. I can't even think how to do a search on them to figure out if there are other comments on this board. They are multiplying in an effort to keep me from reading the screen. Help before my screen becomes a whole bunch of yellow boxes. Seriously I understand why they are there but I'd like to turn them off. Thanks.

They are not 'pop-ups', but are known as 'Tooltips'. Some apps have a preference setting for having them on or off. You can make a tooltip disappear instantly by tapping 'Escape' on your keyboard. If you feel really bold you could look at this.

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