mniels2683

Q: How to get widgets in OS X notification center?

I just downloaded Yosemite and am trying to set up my notification center. When I click the Edit button in the Today view, the only item available is Social. Where are all the widgets that are supposed to come preinstalled with Yosemite?

Posted on Oct 17, 2014 6:45 AM

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  • by samolapa,

    samolapa samolapa Oct 17, 2014 12:34 PM in response to Darklykoz
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    Oct 17, 2014 12:34 PM in response to Darklykoz

    I have the same issue and have installed the public release.  Works fine on iMac, not on Macbook Air.  Below is what my extensions look like. 

     

     

     

    Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 3.32.08 PM.png

    Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 3.32.16 PM.png

  • by Hucky2600,

    Hucky2600 Hucky2600 Oct 17, 2014 12:43 PM in response to samolapa
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    Oct 17, 2014 12:43 PM in response to samolapa

    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.

    Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 1.41.33 PM.png

  • by vbctv,

    vbctv vbctv Oct 17, 2014 12:46 PM in response to Hucky2600
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    Oct 17, 2014 12:46 PM in response to Hucky2600

    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.

  • by samolapa,

    samolapa samolapa Oct 17, 2014 1:03 PM in response to vbctv
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    Oct 17, 2014 1:03 PM in response to vbctv

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

  • by Hucky2600,

    Hucky2600 Hucky2600 Oct 17, 2014 1:20 PM in response to samolapa
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    Oct 17, 2014 1:20 PM in response to samolapa

    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.

  • by cruzn,

    cruzn cruzn Oct 17, 2014 1:28 PM in response to mniels2683
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    Oct 17, 2014 1:28 PM in response to mniels2683

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

  • by rdmitruk,

    rdmitruk rdmitruk Oct 17, 2014 4:23 PM in response to mniels2683
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    Oct 17, 2014 4:23 PM in response to mniels2683

    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?

  • by vbctv,

    vbctv vbctv Oct 17, 2014 4:28 PM in response to rdmitruk
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    Oct 17, 2014 4:28 PM in response to rdmitruk

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

  • by SBA-Mac,

    SBA-Mac SBA-Mac Oct 18, 2014 5:32 PM in response to mniels2683
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    Oct 18, 2014 5:32 PM in response to mniels2683

    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.

  • by hambros,

    hambros hambros Oct 20, 2014 7:35 AM in response to Darklykoz
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    Oct 20, 2014 7:35 AM in response to Darklykoz

    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.

     

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  • by niel_maclife,

    niel_maclife niel_maclife Nov 2, 2014 1:57 PM in response to mniels2683
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    Nov 2, 2014 1:57 PM in response to mniels2683

    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.

  • by Bagzan2014,

    Bagzan2014 Bagzan2014 Nov 3, 2014 6:08 AM in response to mniels2683
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    Nov 3, 2014 6:08 AM in response to mniels2683

    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>

  • by Bagzan2014,

    Bagzan2014 Bagzan2014 Nov 3, 2014 6:43 AM in response to Bagzan2014
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    Nov 3, 2014 6:43 AM in response to Bagzan2014

    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.

  • by Gib Henry,

    Gib Henry Gib Henry Feb 7, 2016 8:52 AM in response to Donald
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    Feb 7, 2016 8:52 AM in response to Donald

    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,

    --

    Gib Henry

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