Calculator widget on notification panel

NOTE 3: Just tried version 3.1, and it is working for me now. The calculator is white instead of charcoal gray.

In the Finder press Cmd-Shift-G and enter

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.ncplugin.calculator/Data/Library/Preferences/

in the box and hit return.

Fortunately for me it has been solved with Mojave.

Same here in different machines running High Sierra. Calculator is now impossible to use as values reset themselves if you click anywhere outside (e.g. looking for an entry value on the browser). Amazingly annoying.

Sorry, but this is not the solution. Deleting the file helps to erase the "random" number which is presented when opening the calulator-tab. But it only will be replaced by zero! In former OSX-versions you found the last result when opening the calculator but not in 10.13, this is the fault.

I couldn't find the link but one user said he talked to Apple and they purposely changed the Calculator to "zero out" instead of retaining the last value. I couldn't say.

Personally I use PCalc from the App Store.

I haven't experienced the 475, but I have a bug where hitting enter sets the value to 1. So when I open the notification panel, it shows 0, but if I hit enter 1 is added , then if I hit Enter again, it's 0.01, then 0.0001, then 0.00001 and so on. This has happened ever since I updated to High Sierra.

Paulo,

You are one smart guy! I replaced the .appex file with the one you sent me, after turning off the System Integrity Protection as directed in your post, and the calculator works like NEW! It saves the calculation state and resumes any operation regardless of how long it was before I last used it.

Kudos to you, for discovering and publishing your solution!

Uriel

Hi Bob, that is correct. Before being able to replace the current appex file, you would need to temporarily disable SIP on your system.

You can follow this guide to do that, and also to re-enable after:

http://osxdaily.com/2015/10/05/disable-rootless-system-integrity-protection-mac- os-x/

Best regards,

P.

Hi Paulo, rather than deleting the file you coul try opening it and deleting key><string>475</ and then saving it again. Or you could enter mine which reads as follows and seems to work:

In the Finder press Cmd-Shift-G and enter

~/Library/Containers/com.apple.ncplugin.calculator/Data/Library/Preferences/

in the box and hit return.

It’s in your user library, not the system library

FWIW, there does seem to be a problem with the Notification Calculator. In my case the calculator doesn't retain any calculation once Notifications is closed.

I use PCalc which includes a notification panel without a problem.

I have that same problem but different numbers.
After upgrade High Sierra my Calc widget default is 25,46 everytime.

After restart numbers are 25,46 and after press AC it goes 0.
So i can make calculations but if i switch other program and then go back to widget i see last numbers around of 0,1 second and it switch back to 25,46.

I have the exact same problem and it's frustrating. Thanks to mons.fractus I now get 0. But exactly like paulo555, "The only problem that remains is that the calculator does not retain the number of the last operation. After a few seconds the value returns to zero". Hopefully Apple is listening and working on this issue.