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jamespaski Author

Level 1

89 points

Facebook notification issue

Something seems odd with the Facebook notifications in macOS Sierra. I suddenly had an issue that whenever there is a notification in Facebook and my Mac notifies me about it, the notification banner on the upper-right hand corner of the screen says that I have 200+ (about 278) notifications pending. Also, Notification Center displays 200+ notifications.

I checked the notification in Facebook and I only had 1 notification, not 200+ as displayed by the banner and in Notification Center. It is as if that 1 notification in Facebook is multiplied by more than a hundred-fold in Notification Center.

I tried deleting my Facebook account (via the Internet Accounts tab in System Preferences) and creating it again, but to no avail. For now, I just unticked the Notification check box under Facebook's Internet Accounts settings to stop the notifications.

I hope that there's someone that could help me with this issue. Thanks in advance.

Device: Macbook Air 13-inch, mid-2013 model

Operating System: macOS Sierra

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12), 13-inch, mid-2013 model

Posted on Oct 12, 2016 1:58 AM

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Wolfenx666

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Feb 14, 2017 6:51 AM

Ok, in finally found a simple fix for this.

1. disable all facebook related notification settings in system settings -> notifications.

2. remove your facebook account from system settings -> internet accounts.

3. remove all facebook related objects from your keychain and restart your mac.

now comes the magic 🙂

4. log on to facebook, you will be asked if you want to use this account for mac system integration, click on later.

5. in facebook go to settings -> security -> where you're logged in -> delete all old session, especially the ones under "Apple OS Integration".

6. clear safari cache and restart your mac.

7. log on to facebook, you will be asked if you want to use this account for mac system integration, this time click ok and check the notifications setting, if everything ok, restart your mac once again.

This worked for me, it seems facebook keeps old sessions still active, i had 67 active "Apple OS Integration"- Sessions and you will get a notification for every single one of them.

If you use iOS devices and cleared evrything under the "where you're logged in" tab, you have to put in your credentials on the devices again.

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