Notification center froze and while I'm working, I cannot reboot, time sensitive material being working on at the moment. Why does this happen ? How can I prevent this from happening in the future ? Why does the notification center not listen when I click on the check-box to state I've completed the task ?
Thanks for your help, in advance.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion, 2012
The same thing JUST happened to me. I clicked to dismiss a calendar notification and the next thing I knew it, it was frozen there and I couldn't open the notification center to tweet or anything.
What I did to reset it is go to Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor (either through the Finder or Launchpad, your choice) and type in "Notification Center" in the search box. Click on the one search result that comes up and hit the "Quit Process" button in the top left hand corner. It'll bring up a window that asks you if you're sure you want to quit the process. Click "Force Quit".
After a few seconds Notification Center will quit and relaunch without having to restart your computer. All other apps (including the finder) are untouched.
The same thing JUST happened to me. I clicked to dismiss a calendar notification and the next thing I knew it, it was frozen there and I couldn't open the notification center to tweet or anything.
What I did to reset it is go to Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor (either through the Finder or Launchpad, your choice) and type in "Notification Center" in the search box. Click on the one search result that comes up and hit the "Quit Process" button in the top left hand corner. It'll bring up a window that asks you if you're sure you want to quit the process. Click "Force Quit".
After a few seconds Notification Center will quit and relaunch without having to restart your computer. All other apps (including the finder) are untouched.
Same exact thing is happeneing to me, and has been since release date. It isn't all the time but I have had to reboot die to this at least 5 times.
I read in macworld about how to accompish this. Exactly as you wrote, in order to "Force Quit" and restart the Notifications. Thanks !
Ok, great, we can fix it. But how to avoid this for good? Apple update?
I get this problem each time I wake my Mac up.
Same thing here. On a 2009 iMac. "Force Quit" is not necessary. A simple "Quit" will do.
It is happeneing to me too. Newer Macbook Pro; it's been happening since I upgraded to Mountain Lion. 😟
my notificaiton center doesnt show up in the activity monitor 😟
It happens to me too. Anyone can help?
You might try changing the drop down menu at the top right of the Activity Monitor to "All Processes" and then the Notification Center should show up in the seach. That's what I did and then followed the instructions and it worked for me just now using a 2012 Macbook Pro Retina 15". I also have had this problem regularly with the new 21 iMac; one with a Fusion Drive and the other without. This Notification Center freeze problem happens with all of the Macs I use,
How has Apple not fixed this in a year? I've only been on Mountain Lion for a week and it's happened three times already.
I use Activity Monitor to quit Notification Center, so I have this workaround, but this is going to get old...
If you get tired of going through the Activity Monitor process... I made an app that resets it in the background when you click it. Just stick it in your dock and click it every time the glitch happens.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/6uan2gne8u27xxl/Reset+Notification+Center.app. zip
Note: This might also help people who are having problems finding it in their Activity Monitor.
THANK-YOU & BLESS YOU. Your time in writing this is greatly appreciated! Nice job. 😉
Notification Center Frozen Completely
