shaggy147

Q: notification center

During the latest update of El Captain I have lost all the widgets that were added to the notification centre and have no way of adding them back into it. Why has this happened and how can I add them back in. When I select the edit function the widgets that were once available in this section are no longer visible. How do I add features again like the World Clock, Calculator, and the weather and even conversion widgets back in here?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), vlc

Posted on Jun 9, 2016 2:12 PM

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jun 9, 2016 7:02 PM in response to shaggy147
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    Jun 9, 2016 7:02 PM in response to shaggy147

    This procedure will revert your settings in the Notifications preference pane to the defaults.

    Please back up all data before continuing.

    Step 1

    Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

    ~/Library/Application Support/NotificationCenter

    Right-click or control-click the line and select

              Services Open

    from the contextual menu.* A folder should open. Inside it are one or more files with long names. Move the files to the Trash.

    Step 2

    Open this folder in the same way:

    ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost

    There may be one or more files with a name beginning like this:

              com.apple.notificationcenterui

    Move those files, and only those, to the Trash, if they exist.

    Step 3

    Do as in Step 2 with this folder:

    ~/Library/Preferences

    Log out or restart the computer and empty the Trash. Recreate the settings.

    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C. In the Finder, select

              Go Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You may not see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

    Step 4

    Take this step only if you still have trouble after taking all the preceding steps.

    Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:

    open $TMPDIR..

    Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.

    Launch the built-in Terminal application in any one of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.

    Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. Depending on which web browser you use, you may have to press the return key. A folder with a long, random name should open. Inside it, there should be a subfolder named "C". Drag that to the Trash.

    Log out or restart the computer. Empty the Trash. Test.

  • by appreciate,

    appreciate Jun 9, 2016 7:34 PM in response to shaggy147
    Level 4 (1,276 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jun 9, 2016 7:34 PM in response to shaggy147

    Use trackpad gesture : swipe your two fingers left  to right on trackpad

    Then click on edit on extreme right column weather , world clock , calculator will be there click on plus sign for each widget , they will be added in notification centre.