MacOS Monterey Bug: Dialogue Boxes Will Not Dismiss on Option Choice

A recurring bug I have experienced with MacOS Monterey is these sticky dialogue permissions boxes which will not dismiss upon selecting an option. Most of these can be removed from the view hierarchy by hitting the esc button in the touchbar however some are more stubborn like this one (see screenshot below). This is a duplicate question as posted here. However there was no solution found there. I am more hopeful. Any help with this would be much appreciated. This issue has persisted for months through restarts, fresh installs from Time Machine and PRAM resets. So the usual suspects do not seem to be to blame!

Posted on Jun 14, 2022 6:51 AM

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mckeller7

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Posted on Jul 8, 2022 6:57 PM

OK, a bit of headway - at least I don't have to restart my computer when this happens. Following the ideas here:

https://superuser.com/questions/902869/how-to-identify-which-process-is-running-which-window-in-mac-os-x

I found out that the application that is running the dialog boxes is "UserNotificationCenter". I was then able to find that in the Activity Monitor app and quit it. The dialog box disappeared. Not a long term solution, but at least better than restarting!

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