System Preferences > Notifications reset after reboot

I'm trying to customize the notifications after Yosemite upgrade. I make the changes in System Preferences -> Notifications as needed then close System Preferences. Everything seems to be good until I reboot. When I go back into Notification preferences, everything except Do Not Disturb is reset back to default. Even my installed 3rd party apps are missing from the list until I re-launch them. Any thoughts? Thank you!

MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 7:04 AM

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Oct 20, 2014 11:06 AM in response to dr.cheese.beer

Additional note: it appears Notification prefs are working fine on another Mac (MBP Retina mid-2012) with an existing account. On my MBP (non-retina mid-2012), it seems that new user accounts are also working as expected - it is only the account that existed prior to the upgrade that is affected. I have tried deleting plists and resetting permissions - the problem still remains.

Oct 21, 2014 9:46 AM in response to dr.cheese.beer

I modified an applescript sample found at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25645075/apple-script-to-select-system-prefer ence-notifications-alert-style to achieve removing Calendars from the Notification Center (as an example) after rebooting or logging in again. I'm using Keyboard Maestro to run the script at login. Note that when Apple fixes the bug, I'll discontunue using the script as it may have unpredictable results (or exactly the opposite results). Use at your own risk, thank you. It works for me though I'm unsure if it will work on all other systems. The script follows:


tell application "System Preferences"

activate

set the current pane to pane id "com.apple.preference.notifications"

end tell

tell application "System Preferences"

reveal pane id "com.apple.preference.notifications"

end tell

tell application "System Events" to tell window 1 of process "System Preferences"

repeat with r in rows of table 1 of scroll area 1

if name of UI element 1 of r is "Calendar" then

set selected of r to true

exit repeat

end if

end repeat

click radio button "None" of radio group 1 of group 1

click checkbox "Show notifications on lock screen" of group 1

click checkbox "Show in Notification Center:" of group 1

click checkbox "Badge app icon" of group 1

click checkbox "Play sound for notifications" of group 1

end tell

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