guybrush74
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Mac OS X

Q: My Reminders badge stuck at 1 in macOS sierra

I have a '1' badge on my Reminders app in macOS.

 

I have no outstanding Reminders and the badge is not showing on any of my iOS devices (iPhone, iPad) nor in iCloud.com. Unsyncing Reminders in my iCloud preferences removes the indicator but as soon as I turn it back on the badge reappears. I have deleted all my completed Reminders and spent some time replacing all my scheduled Reminders and yet the badge is still there!! I cannot find a Reminders preference file to delete in the Library. killall Dock has no effect.

 

There must be some corruption connected to my iCloud account that only affects Reminders in macOS but how can I get this fixed? It's driving me nuts. Disabling the badge slightly defeats the purpose.

~VIN,MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 23, 2016 10:55 AM

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Q: My Reminders badge stuck at 1 in macOS sierra

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  • by eriknokc,

    eriknokc eriknokc Sep 25, 2016 8:52 PM in response to guybrush74
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    Sep 25, 2016 8:52 PM in response to guybrush74

    I have this exact same issue. I have tried everything I know. I can't figure it out. I've noticed other issues with Sierra beyond this. I'm about ready to go back to El Capitan.

  • by Tommy R,

    Tommy R Tommy R Sep 27, 2016 4:46 AM in response to guybrush74
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    Sep 27, 2016 4:46 AM in response to guybrush74

    I have the same problem too.

    I think it's a bug.

  • by bobthebilder,

    bobthebilder bobthebilder Sep 27, 2016 5:20 AM in response to guybrush74
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    Sep 27, 2016 5:20 AM in response to guybrush74

    After spending far too much time trying to fix this, I seem to have fixed it (for me at least)!

     

    I tried restoring Calendar and Reminders data from a previous time through iCloud.com setting. This didn't work but it did flag that Calendar and Reminders seem to be related in iCloud, and perhaps the issue was Calendar related.

     

    This then expanded my search to Calendar issues and I eventually stumbled on to this support page iCloud: Advanced Calendar and iCal troubleshooting - Apple Support. I worked through the steps, although I only did a local Calendar Archive rather than exporting each calendar. (If it happens again I'll be sure to export each calendar separately as well as I lost some recent appointments, although I think it was my fault as I had been messing around with my calendars previously.)

     

    Double-clicking on my Calendar Archive in Finder replaced/restored all my Calendars and Reminders and more importantly, restarting iCloud syncing did not see the return of the dreaded '1', so this worked for me.