Q: Notification Center settings forgotten
Hi all,
In OS X 10.9 I had removed several applications from Notification Center, because, quite frankly, why should I be bugged with a banner that says someone has posted someone on Facebook (just to give one example). Most of the time, it's annoying.
Migrated to OS X 10.10 this morning to find that my previous settings had not been recovered. Yes, the annoying Facebook notification banners were back again. So I went to the System Preferences, Notification Center and set the settings back to how they were: for several applications, I do not want to be bothered with notification banners.
This seemed to work fine, until I rebooted my computer. All the notifications that I had switched off, were back. Tried it several times, and they just keep on coming back.
Looks like a bug to me, but perhaps there is some file hidden away somewhere that I need to delete for this to
iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), OS X Yosemite (10.10)
Posted on Oct 17, 2014 4:38 AM
Here are the instructions I got from AppleCare from an Apple Engineer. I'm not sure if the fix was specifically for my machine or if it'll work for someone else. Follow at your own risk.
1. Open the Library folder in your Home folder.
2. In the Library folder, open the Application Support folder.
3. Locate the folder named NotificationCenter. Drag this folder to the desktop.
4. Next, open the Terminal application.
Copy and paste each line of these commands into the Terminal window, in order. Press return after each line:
cd `getconf DARWIN_USER_DIR`
rm -rf com.apple.notificationcenter
killall usernoted; killall NotificationCenter
5. Close the Terminal app.
6. Restart your computer.
The notification preference changes won't stick until you restart a 2nd time after this.
Posted on Oct 22, 2014 6:40 PM