Todd Fisher

Q: Find My Friends

Is anyone else missing the Find My Friends widget in the today view in notification center?  I don't seem to have find my friends in El Capitan.  Anyone know where I can find it?

 

Thanks

Posted on Sep 30, 2015 9:40 PM

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Q: Find My Friends

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  • by Macsterguy,

    Macsterguy Macsterguy Sep 30, 2015 10:16 PM in response to Todd Fisher
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    Sep 30, 2015 10:16 PM in response to Todd Fisher

    Go to the bottom of Notifications center and click "Edit". You can add FMF there.

  • by Todd Fisher,

    Todd Fisher Todd Fisher Sep 30, 2015 10:18 PM in response to Macsterguy
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    Sep 30, 2015 10:18 PM in response to Macsterguy

    Thanks Macsterguy, I've gone there and these are the only things that show up. No sign of FMF widget anywhere.

     

    Screen Shot 2015-09-30 at 10.16.57 PM.png

  • by dmchose,

    dmchose dmchose Oct 1, 2015 6:52 AM in response to Todd Fisher
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    Oct 1, 2015 6:52 AM in response to Todd Fisher

    Same issue. ( 07 iMac )  Widget does not show up in Notifications nor is it available in edit. I also checked to see if it could be grabbed from the app site but it is not listed.

  • by Todd Fisher,

    Todd Fisher Todd Fisher Oct 1, 2015 8:06 AM in response to dmchose
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    Oct 1, 2015 8:06 AM in response to dmchose

    Such a  bummer... don't know what to do to fix it!

  • by dperry70,

    dperry70 dperry70 Oct 1, 2015 11:41 AM in response to dmchose
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    Oct 1, 2015 11:41 AM in response to dmchose

    Same problem here.

  • by loub1002,

    loub1002 loub1002 Oct 1, 2015 6:43 PM in response to Todd Fisher
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    Oct 1, 2015 6:43 PM in response to Todd Fisher

    Same problem here too.  Tried signing out of iCloud and signing back it.  Didn't help.

  • by cockscomb,

    cockscomb cockscomb Oct 2, 2015 9:16 AM in response to Todd Fisher
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    Oct 2, 2015 9:16 AM in response to Todd Fisher
    open /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework/PlugIns/com.apple.ncplugin.FindMyFriends.appex -a /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework/Resources/Widget\ Simulator.app

    I executed this command in the Terminal.app. After that, the Find My Friend widget was restored, surprisingly.

  • by dmchose,

    dmchose dmchose Oct 2, 2015 10:47 AM in response to Todd Fisher
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    Oct 2, 2015 10:47 AM in response to Todd Fisher

    Looks like we are missing a file :     com.apple.ncplugin.FindMyFriends.appex

     

    I got an email from someone ( cockscomb ) who posted a terminal input but I guess it got deleted here.  I used his string to find the folder and verified  the missing  file. The rest were in there.

    System/

    Library/

    Frameworks/

    NotificationCenter.framework/

    PlugIns/

    com.apple.ncplugin.FindMyFriends.appex ... the missing file. Maybe I can find it some where...

  • by dperry70,

    dperry70 dperry70 Oct 2, 2015 1:21 PM in response to cockscomb
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    Oct 2, 2015 1:21 PM in response to cockscomb

    That made it appear for me. Works good now.

  • by glowney,

    glowney glowney Oct 10, 2015 4:26 PM in response to cockscomb
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    Oct 10, 2015 4:26 PM in response to cockscomb

    I executed the command cockscomb suggested, but I had to use sudo to make it work. I also had to leave off the -a.

     

    So the command I ran in Terminal looked like this:

      open /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework/PlugIns/com.apple.ncplugin.FindMyFriends.appex

     

    After I ran it, a small window appeared in the middle of the screen that basically looked like part of NotificationCenter had opened up there. I had to close it before NotificationCenter would open properly. But after that the Find My Friends widget was in the list (where it should have been all along), and then I was able to add it to my list of Today widgets.

  • by julioealonso,

    julioealonso julioealonso Nov 3, 2015 3:58 PM in response to glowney
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    Nov 3, 2015 3:58 PM in response to glowney

    This totally worked for me. Doing the command

    sudo open /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework/PlugIns/com.apple.ncplu gin.FindMyFriends.appex

    Then the widget appeared in a window. After that I opened the notification center and it was there. After that I closed the window and the widget stayed there.


    I have no idea why this happened, but thanks.