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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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jamespaski Author

Level 1

89 points

Oct 12, 2016 8:23 AM in response to gooober

No worries. At least I know that this is not an isolated issue in my case. I would suggest to uncheck the Notification option in the Facebook settings under Internet Accounts to cease its annoyance. That's the only remedy for the meantime until someone could pinpoint the problem and help us with this issue. If you want, you could use the same app that I use to view my Facebook without opening it in Safari. It's called Go for Facebook.

gooober

Level 1

47 points

Oct 12, 2016 10:44 AM in response to jamespaski

That is exactly what I did! 🙂

I also have the exact same issue on my mid 2010 MacBook Pro running macOS Sierra.

Both machines have notifications for Facebook turned off. I check the site frequently enough anyway.

Many thanks!

Mark

jamespaski Author

Level 1

89 points

Oct 12, 2016 10:49 AM in response to gooober

You are most welcome. Glad to be of help. However, it really did not resolve the issue; just a way around it

Regards

James

Oct 13, 2016 1:05 PM in response to jamespaski

I just started experiencing an issue where for every actual Facebook notification, I receive three notifications in Notification Centre. It's a far cry from the hundreds you're receiving but it's still annoying.

Meanwhile, for Slack, each new notification replaces the previous one. Usually. Restarting everything sometimes fixes it, but only for a little while.

Something is seriously buggy with Sierra's notification handling.

jamespaski Author

Level 1

89 points

Oct 13, 2016 7:03 PM in response to Westacular

I have not experienced anything wrong regarding to the notifications of my other apps, just the Facebook notifications. True, it is pretty annoying.

I had macOS Sierra since its release and it's quite odd that these notification issues just manifested a week ago or within this week.

Oct 14, 2016 5:50 AM in response to jamespaski

Same here, hundreds of notifications about my own comments alone.
Receive one message, result: 157 notifications...

Wonderful. Getting better all the time.

jamespaski Author

Level 1

89 points

Oct 14, 2016 8:37 AM in response to Senhor-Ron

As of the moment, you are the 3rd person to report that this happens. Therefore, this issue may be brought about by the new OS. I would suggest disabling the Facebook notifications for the meantime; it will just pile up in your Notification Center. There are apps that could help you with Facebook notifications. You could install one if you would prefer.

Oct 15, 2016 3:45 PM in response to jamespaski

Just chiming in to say I'm starting to experience this too.

My count is 49 for every 1 real notification received.

Oct 16, 2016 5:26 AM in response to jamespaski

Me too on my 2012 Macbook Pro & iMac, 200+ notifications every time.

Also, a few months ago the notifications stopped showing the message and just saying "new notification"; c'mon Apple, fix this.

drdaz

Level 1

4 points

Oct 16, 2016 6:35 AM in response to jamespaski

I have the same issue with FB notifications. But I 'only' get 19 of them per event.

This is new behaviour with Sierra for me.

Oct 17, 2016 12:54 AM in response to jamespaski

Same problem for me. Only with facebook.

Sierra + iMac (Retina 5K, 27 p, end 2015)

a9ri

Level 1

4 points

Oct 17, 2016 1:07 AM in response to jamespaski

Yeah, same here: every FB notification makes ca. 30 notifications show up in mac os. I turned off notifications but it is a very odd thing, has been going on for about a week (i.e. when i updated to sierra it was working fine initially).

jamespaski Author

Level 1

89 points

Oct 17, 2016 2:43 AM in response to a9ri

Yes, initially the FB notifications worked fine like before in macOS Sierra.

Oct 17, 2016 3:20 AM in response to jamespaski

Same here, hundreds of notifications about my own comments alone.
Receive one message, result: 157 notifications...

Apparently this only happens with Facebook notifications, so maybe we have to look at Facebook and not at Sierra...

Oct 17, 2016 3:38 AM in response to jamespaski

Same problem for me too.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), macOS Sierra

Facebook notification issue