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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

165 replies

Oct 17, 2016 6:10 AM in response to jamespaski

Same problem here, with 55 notifications per event.

Oct 17, 2016 7:55 AM in response to jamespaski

Same issue here. The number for me is 38 notifications.

Device: MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)

Operating System: macOS Sierra

~Paik

jamespaski Author

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Oct 17, 2016 8:20 AM in response to Senhor-Ron

We should consider this; a very good input. With regards to your speculation, I think macOS (not exclusive to Sierra but also to previous versions) is using a client that lets the device connect to Facebook's server.

Kind of like Jabber in the Mac's Messages app before. Facebook has shut down last year (I think) all third party clients that enabled third party apps to link to their server; therefore, Mac's Messages, being a third party app to Facebook, can and will never be linked to Facebook's server and be used similar to Facebook Messenger.

If the problem is not connected to macOS Sierra, then the issue may well be from Facebook. The client that connects Facebook to our Macs may have a problem. Sierra did not come along with this issue on its release and after it; the problem manifested just about a week ago to some, and to others within this week. If the problem was brought about by installing Sierra, then the issue should have manifested upon upgrading.

jamespaski Author

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Oct 17, 2016 8:29 AM in response to tbharber

I saw your comment in the thread. Thanks for linking this to Reddit. I also replied to your comment.

Oct 17, 2016 9:42 AM in response to jamespaski

Thanks for acknowledging this, James.

Facebook is rather notorious when it comes to changes to their APIs, anybody using Wordpress/Jetpack auto-publishing to Facebook knows that ;-) It may very well be that shortly after the Sierra release, Fb performed some magic with unwanted results...

Oct 17, 2016 10:08 AM in response to jamespaski

Same issue here. Hundreds of FB notifications for 1 actual notification on my Late 2013 27" iMac running MacOS Sierra. My mid 2015 MacBook Pro Retina on Sierra has not been affected as of yet!!

Oct 17, 2016 12:05 PM in response to jamespaski

I've been dealing with the same issue. Every single notification is shown as 18 new notifications. I've cleared the notifications from both Facebook and Notification Center but it still persists with osSierra on a mid-2013 MacBook Air.

500pd

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Oct 17, 2016 2:26 PM in response to jamespaski

I'm having the same problem. I get 106 notifications for each 1 "real" notification. It started to happen about a week ago where I had been using Sierra in some weeks. I have too just turned the notifications off until it gets solved.

ixmix

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Oct 17, 2016 2:49 PM in response to jamespaski

I'm having this issue as well. I get 17 notifications in Notification Center for every 1 Facebook notification. As others have mentioned, this only started happening a few weeks ago and was working correctly when I first upgraded to macOS Sierra.

Device: Macbook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)

Tegola

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4 points

Oct 19, 2016 3:49 AM in response to jamespaski

Same here, but I get just 9 notifications for each Facebook notification.

gkcdavis

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Oct 19, 2016 6:07 AM in response to drdaz

I get 19 as well, it is very frustrating

Oct 19, 2016 7:16 AM in response to digicolmedia

Still happening!! 239 FB Notifications for 1 post!!

Oct 19, 2016 7:18 AM in response to digicolmedia

Happening to me, too. Prior to upgrade to Sierra, all was fine; after upgrade, I get 34 FB notifications per 1 real notification.

I tried going to System Preferences > Internet Accounts and removing / re-adding my FB account; problem persists.

Oct 19, 2016 8:00 AM in response to jamespaski

So glad to see it's not just me. 1 FB notification = 17 Notifications. I haven't counted each time, but I was curious this time around. I'd also add that I can't seem to click the little ✖ to clear them all, and have to clear each one individually or just turn them off entirely.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)

OS X version: 10.12 (16A323)

Oct 19, 2016 12:14 PM in response to runningshoes88

I too have been experiencing exactly this. Honestly, the preview of the message is a bigger deal to me than the multiple notifications. I want to glance up and see if I need to shift my attention over, as of now it is a guessing game. As of now i am receiving 68 notifications per 1 actual notification.

I am running mid 2010 MacBook pro and upgraded to Sierra. Everything (sans the message preview) was working fine before the upgrade and now I am expereiencing these same issues. C'mon Apple! This should not be a thing!

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