How to get widgets in OS X notification center?

I've done everything to try to get those darn widgets. It's most likely a bug and needs to fixed in an update. Here's my extensions view. Only social widget available.

Have you tried enabling them manually as described in the post on page 2. It seems to activate widgets just not the Social Widget or Social Sharing services which seems to be a major bug that Apple needs to fix ASAP as it is a min feature that I used throughout the Beta.

Great! Did the same for reminders app and they're all working now. Only Social remains.

Yes, I did that...and now they are working...besides 'social.'

Mac HD>System>Library>Frameworks>NotificationCenter.framework>PlugIns> Then choose your widgets that are listed. I just opened them there (they open in a separate window) and hit the green button and they are now in my notification sidebar.

Cool beans, but hopefully this bug is fixed my apple as well.

Drag and drop moves items like calendar to in or out of notifications

i've installed the app store retail version of yosemite and i don't have the notification center widgets either.

what's more, when i go to Mac HD>System>Library>Frameworks>NotificationCenter.framework>PlugIns> Then choose your widgets that are listed and open them i don't get a widget simulator i get a terminal window and bash prompt. *** am i supposed to do with that? where can i find the widget simulator?

You can find the the widget simulator in the resources folder of the notifications framework folder and then drag the widgets into the simulator.

Greetings all;

I finally got the widgets in the Notification Center. My big problem is that they don't work. How does one active these widgets?

Thanks for mniels2683 for starting this thread.

I've been having the issue of no service in the share button since upgrading to Yosemite (from public release not beta) and my settings only have 'All', 'Finder', and Today and basically the only thing showing is Dropbox. No Share Menu. Any thoughts.

Thanks

concerning the social widget:

go to

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ShareKit.framework/Versions/A/PlugIns/

Click on each plugin in turn, opening with the Widget Simulator ignoring the error message and they are all appearing in the NC and in the menus, both in the System Preferences > Extensions and the Safari Share Menu.

I just upgraded to Yosemite yesterday. I downloaded 2 widget apps. One was free ("Countdowns"), and went right into the Notifications Center with no problem. The other one cost $1.99 ("Active Countdowns") and did not go into the Notifications center. Instead, it is working from my dock. I can't get it to go into the Notifications Center. I tried dragging the app into the folder mentioned above, but it didn't work - can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

(Folder = Mac HD>System>Library>Frameworks>NotificationCenter.framework>PlugIns>

UPDATE: Turns out that "Active Countdown" is just a regular app, and not a widget like Countdowns is. I called Apple Tech Support and they confirmed and are trying to get me a refund. I have to make sure I'm getting a widget next time!! The one that was an actual widget (Countdowns) went right into the Notification Center without a problem.

Examining com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist showed that the names of the widgets that were missing from Notifications were also missing from that plist.

Removing that plist from /Users/username/Library/Preferences (obviously substituting my username), followed by logout and login, did indeed restore the missing widgets (they now appear in that plist).

To my great surprise, Notifications were still set up pretty much as they were—I expected them to be reset to default, but they were not. So apparently that plist doesn't determine what shows or in what order; instead, it determines what widgets are available to be shown or not shown. Cheers,

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Gib Henry