Apple News+ Banner Flickering

Hey Tony Wilder,

Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities! We understand you're seeing a banner notification of some sort at the bottom corner when reading Apple News+ articles on your Mac. Let's see how we can help.

-Does this happen no matter the type of article you're reading, and the channel you're reading an article under?

-Does it appear to be unrelated content to what you're reading? In other words, maybe an ad of some sort?

If it seems like an ad, let's see if adjusting those settings can help: Control personalized ads on the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks

We'd like to also see if you can check in on your notifications related to News on Mac: Manage notifications from News on Mac

Keep us posted.

Regards.

Tony,

Thank you for clarifying this further. So we understand the issue is not the fact that the banner is appearing, but that the banner flickers or flashes while scrolling through the article. Got it.

Is your MacBook Pro running the latest macOS? You can check this under the Apple logo (top-left corner) > About This Mac > Software Update. If there are any updates pending, it would be a good idea to update since the issue is isolated to the Apple News application, which is built-in to macOS: Update macOS on Mac

If you're already using the latest macOS, or you cannot update macOS for specific reasons, we can continue with the steps below.

Let's have you boot up into safe mode. It’s a way to start up your Mac so it performs certain checks, repairs, emptying of system cache, and prevents some software from automatically loading: How to use safe mode on your Mac. Once in safe mode, check to see if the same behavior continues when using Apple News+ and opening those articles. Sometimes safe mode can successfully resolve some issues. With this being said, after testing in safe mode, restart and log in as normal to test the issue once more, to see if that helps resolve the issue. As an FYI, it is normal for your Mac to start up slower than expected while booting into safe mode.

If the issue remains, we will have you test a new user account next, to isolate if this is a user-specific issue, or a system-wide issue. Here’s how: Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac 

Keep us posted, if you need continued support.

Thank you!

Tony,

Thanks for taking the time to perform those steps and report back!

So since the behavior does not occur within a new user account, it could be related to the settings or files in the original account. It could be related to a login item too. Let's move on to checking if a login item is interfering with the behavior. To do that, please follow Remove login items to resolve startup problems on your Mac. Test to see if the issue resolves in Apple News+, after you remove any of those items and restart.

Keep us posted.

Thanks for your continued efforts!

Tony,

Good to know. Thanks for this update. If that same login item is on the other user account that worked, then we can rule that out as being a possible cause currently.

We're going to suggest reinstalling macOS at this time: How to reinstall macOS. Should the issue remain after that step, you will want to continue working with Apple Support next. You can use this link to continue with support: Get Support

Take care and stay well.