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Mac Messages notifications are only displaying phone numbers or email addresses after upgrading to Ventura
I just upgraded my mac from 10.14 to 13.6.5. Now whenever I get a message, the notification that appears shows the person's phone number or email address rather than their name. My contacts are synced using iCloud, and the notifications work fine on my iPhone. It was working just fine in 10.14 too....
I just upgraded my mac from 10.14 to 13.6.5. Now whenever I get a message, the notification that appears shows the person's phone number or email address rather than their name.
My contacts are synced using iCloud, and the notifications work fine on my iPhone. It was working just fine in 10.14 too.
Any ideas on how to fix this?
Update:
I tried to fix it by signing out of Messages and signing back in again... and now every single one of my iMessage conversations are gone! 😭 All of my SMS messages are still there.
Bri Bri
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Mar 11, 2024, 05:56 PM
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Mail.app Never finishes "Downloading Messages"
On MacOS mail (Catalina, but also on 10.14), I've noticed that the client never finished downloading mail from my cPanel/WHM-based server (which has support for Apple Push for iOS, for what it is worth). The mail will come in and be readable, but it will keep saying "Downloading Messages" in the sta...
On MacOS mail (Catalina, but also on 10.14), I've noticed that the client never finished downloading mail from my cPanel/WHM-based server (which has support for Apple Push for iOS, for what it is worth). The mail will come in and be readable, but it will keep saying "Downloading Messages" in the status area and the Activity window (the activity window will show it downloading, say, "Message 12 of 12."). Because it gets stuck like this, I never receive notifications when messages come in -- unless the Internet goes down and then suddenly I get a rush of notifications for everything that came in recently. I've noticed this problem on multiple different computers (a 2015 15" MacBook Pro and now a 2019 16" MacBook Pro) and on multiple networks.
With this, I am almost always seeing Mail listed as drawing significant power on the little menu bar icon for the battery.
Timothy R. Butler
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Jan 17, 2020, 01:20 AM
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Is there a way to be notified of a given calendar event until I explicitly dismiss it?
Per-event calendar notifications appear not to have the option of audible/haptic alerts that persist until dismissed. Is there a way to create this feature? As a person who irregularly reads notifications, I'd like to enable selected events to nag me until I acknowledge them so that overlooking key...
Per-event calendar notifications appear not to have the option of audible/haptic alerts that persist until dismissed.
Is there a way to create this feature?
As a person who irregularly reads notifications, I'd like to enable selected events to nag me until I acknowledge them so that overlooking key things on my schedule is harder to do.
If this feature exists already, how do I enable it for a given event, esp. for notifications on the watch?
Kay V
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Jul 10, 2023, 04:42 PM
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Calls and messages won't come through when screen is locked iPhone SE
I've been having this issue for a while now and even the newest iOS didn't seem to solve it: The problem is that sometimes I just won't receive calls and/or messages. I figured it happens completely random, but **in most cases it happens when the screen is locked** - that means, even if I am passive...
I've been having this issue for a while now and even the newest iOS didn't seem to solve it:
The problem is that sometimes I just won't receive calls and/or messages.
I figured it happens completely random, but **in most cases it happens when the screen is locked** - that means, even if I am passively using phone - listening to music and if the screen is locked, I'd sometimes get missed messages/calls - **It doesn't ring, I don't get any alerts until after I wake up my phone**. Then I get the notification of a missed call or that of a message that was delivered x minutes ago.
- **'Do not disturb' is off**, I've also talked to people who couldn't reach me because of this problem and they said the phone was just ringing until the call was eventually dropped.
- I've sent the list of missed calls to my carrier in case the problem might be on their side, but they've been unable to find anything out of the ordinary. So I guess the problem must be with the device itself or with the software.
- Resetting network settings also doesn't seem to help at all.
- Notification preferences in Settings → Notifications → Phone are all good. See comment under answer below: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/379272/313842
I really like this phone, but if it doesn't serve it's main purpose, what can I do with it?
Fruut
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Jan 8, 2020, 01:25 PM
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Run AppleScript when notification is receieved
I have a script that runs perfectly but I want it to initialise when I receive a notification with the title "Bricks + Agent". Even better if I can actually put the subtitle text into the dialog box as well ```Applescript set theDialogText to "Have you uploaded the inspection report to Bricks + Agen...
I have a script that runs perfectly but I want it to initialise when I receive a notification with the title "Bricks + Agent". Even better if I can actually put the subtitle text into the dialog box as well
set theDialogText to "Have you uploaded the inspection report to Bricks + Agent?"
display dialog theDialogText buttons {"No", "Yes"} default button "No" cancel button "Yes"
--> Result: {{button returned:"No"}
open location "https://services.bricksandagent.com/Dashboard/SpDashboard#/sp "
Emily Middleton
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Nov 13, 2022, 03:59 AM
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Skype notifications disappear while there are unread messages, on iPhone
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 13.2.2 and latest Skype. Today I noticed, that notification about new messages in Skype are not shown on the lock screen. What happened was that I has a chat with a contact, then I locked the phone and put it into my pocket. Then it vibrated once, and again later. I took...
I have an iPhone SE with iOS 13.2.2 and latest Skype.
Today I noticed, that notification about new messages in Skype are not shown on the lock screen.
What happened was that I has a chat with a contact, then I locked the phone and put it into my pocket. Then it vibrated once, and again later. I took the phone, turned on the screen and, there were no notifications shown.
I unlocked and there, there were new messages in Skype.
Then after a minute I locked the phone again, but now I held it in my hand, with screen on (but locked). Then after a while the phone vibrated again and a notification for Skype appeared but disappeared again immediately. This happened a few more times, for each incoming Skype message (all from same contact).
Is this some bug? Or setting? It worked fine before, even today.
David Balažic
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Nov 11, 2019, 11:23 PM
• Last activity: Jul 10, 2025, 09:04 AM
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"Background Items Added" appears for App that I uninstalled, would like to remove it
In my notification bar I can't seem to get rid of these pesky pop-ups. I uninstalled the "Razer USA Ltd." app, but apparently some process still is running in the background. When I go to the Login Items Settings, you can see in the screenshot below Razer is disabled [
Niklas D.
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Sep 1, 2023, 07:32 PM
• Last activity: Jul 9, 2025, 10:29 PM
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iPhone 7 Plus not getting notification beep
I’ve been having this issue for quite a while now. I just suddenly noticed my iPhone 7 plus stopped giving me notification beeps despite all notification settings properly configured. I’ve read through solutions found online and after trying all steps, it’s still the same. The better solution I have...
I’ve been having this issue for quite a while now. I just suddenly noticed my iPhone 7 plus stopped giving me notification beeps despite all notification settings properly configured.
I’ve read through solutions found online and after trying all steps, it’s still the same. The better solution I have experienced so far is that it’ll give me notification beeps for few minutes (max 1hr) and then it stops giving notification beeps again. Please let me know if anyone is experiencing this or has experienced it and what solution did the person arrive at?
Right now my last hope is to restore factory settings but I’m still scared of losing apps and their data and at the end of the day, the issue won’t be resolved. I’ll be so glad if someone experienced can engage in this post.
McPhemmy
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Jul 24, 2022, 12:10 PM
• Last activity: Jul 2, 2025, 09:01 PM
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Can I mute the Facetime ring on my Mac?
I'm using Big Sur (11.4) with Facetime calling turned on. Whenever I get a call through Facetime or to my cellular number, the Mac silences whatever I was doing and puts out an obnoxiously loud ring. I know I can turn Facetime calls off completely, but that's not what I want. I do want to get call n...
I'm using Big Sur (11.4) with Facetime calling turned on. Whenever I get a call through Facetime or to my cellular number, the Mac silences whatever I was doing and puts out an obnoxiously loud ring.
I know I can turn Facetime calls off completely, but that's not what I want. I do want to get call notifications on the computer, I just want them to be silent. Ideally I would like them not to mute my existing sound (music or whatever I'm doing) unless I take the call.
Is there any way to turn off or mute Facetime rings while still receiving notifications?
Robert
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Jul 16, 2021, 04:24 PM
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In macOS (Sonoma) are notifications supposed to stay on the screen when the Notifications Center slides off the screen?
I'd swear notifications used to slide in and out along with the widgets when you clicked on the time on the right edge of the menu bar in OS X. Am I missing something? I can include screenshots if I need clarification on what I am asking.
I'd swear notifications used to slide in and out along with the widgets when you clicked on the time on the right edge of the menu bar in OS X. Am I missing something?
I can include screenshots if I need clarification on what I am asking.
Todd B.
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Oct 7, 2023, 03:26 AM
• Last activity: Jun 29, 2025, 02:04 AM
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macOS Big Sur System Preferences Notifications Customize
I am running os 11.2.3 and wanted to customize notifications from system preferences. Specifically, software update notifications show up when there is a new version to upgrade to. However, they always show up as alert notifications. I would like them to display as banners, so it will disappear even...
I am running os 11.2.3 and wanted to customize notifications from system preferences. Specifically, software update notifications show up when there is a new version to upgrade to. However, they always show up as alert notifications. I would like them to display as banners, so it will disappear even if I do not dismiss it. Looking at
System Preferences --> Notifications, there is no option for 'System Preferences' unlike other apps (Safari, Messages, etc.).
**How can I change the settings/format for the system preference notifications?**
David
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May 18, 2021, 03:41 AM
• Last activity: Jun 27, 2025, 11:09 AM
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Can’t get rid of “Finish setting up family sharing” badge
Even after I complete all the steps, the notification just comes back: [![enter image description here][1]][1] [![enter image description here][2]][2] [![enter image description here][3]][3] [![enter image description here][4]][4] [![enter image description here][5]][5] Is this a bug or can I solve...
Even after I complete all the steps, the notification just comes back:
Is this a bug or can I solve this without asking Apple for support?
Is this a bug or can I solve this without asking Apple for support?
R K
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May 11, 2022, 08:34 AM
• Last activity: Jun 25, 2025, 04:03 AM
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Hide dock notification badges with Do Not Disturb enabled in macOS
I remember in previous versions of macOS whenever DND mode was enabled the app icon badges in the dock would be disabled. This makes sense as I do not want to be disturbed by my "unread" count judging me. Since I updated to Big Sur this feature is gone. A google search comes out empty, with only an...
I remember in previous versions of macOS whenever DND mode was enabled the app icon badges in the dock would be disabled. This makes sense as I do not want to be disturbed by my "unread" count judging me.
Since I updated to Big Sur this feature is gone. A google search comes out empty, with only an app by an independent developer as the solution, but the app's website is gone.
Thank you for your suggestions.
sadok
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Oct 21, 2021, 10:59 AM
• Last activity: Jun 23, 2025, 04:09 PM
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Reduce the amount of time notification summaries appear onscreen on Apple Watch
I have the activated the "Show Summary When Locked" option on my Apple Watch. When I receive a notification, the app icon, title, and a brief summary appears onscreen when my wrist is down, and a more detailed notification appears if I tap on the screen or raise my wrist. Sometimes, this brief summa...
I have the activated the "Show Summary When Locked" option on my Apple Watch. When I receive a notification, the app icon, title, and a brief summary appears onscreen when my wrist is down, and a more detailed notification appears if I tap on the screen or raise my wrist.
Sometimes, this brief summary remains present on my wrist for extended periods of time (what seems like at least a couple of minutes). This prevents me from reading the time without raising my wrist and dismissing the notification— a bother when, say, in a meeting.
Is it possible to reduce the amount of time this summary is displayed onscreen? Much to my surprise, I'm unable to find any such options in Settings, nor can I find any similar questions anywhere else online.
IntegerEuler
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Sep 24, 2024, 06:02 PM
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Does the "Show Notification Center" shortcut works for you?
I'm on the last version of Ventura. I'm trying to set a shortcut key combination to show the notification center. I went to setting -> keyboard -> shortcut -> mission control -> Show Notification Center and I tried to set a shortcut but it doesn't work: whatever combination I type, Macs just plays t...
I'm on the last version of Ventura. I'm trying to set a shortcut key combination to show the notification center.
I went to setting -> keyboard -> shortcut -> mission control -> Show Notification Center and I tried to set a shortcut but it doesn't work: whatever combination I type, Macs just plays the sound played when a button has no actions connected.
I tried lot of different combination, always same result. Am I the only one having this issue?
Times ago, the solution for this issue was a PRAM reset but seems like M1 Macs doesn't need PRAM reset anymore so the procedure has been deprecated...
Matte.Car
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Mar 5, 2023, 01:35 PM
• Last activity: Jun 19, 2025, 04:16 PM
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Notifications are only shown when opening notifications center
I have the following Problem working with notifications in my new MacBook: The notifications are only shown inside the notifications center (clicking on Date and time), but there is no popup of the notification shown. I therefore always have to check the notification center manually after I return t...
I have the following Problem working with notifications in my new MacBook:
The notifications are only shown inside the notifications center (clicking on Date and time), but there is no popup of the notification shown. I therefore always have to check the notification center manually after I return to my MacBook, since the notification popup ist Not visible.
This happens for all applications. The problem occurs on my MacBook M3. It does not in my MacBook M1. Both machines run MacOs Sonoma 14.3.
I compared the settings in both machines and they are all the same.
Any ideas how I can get the popup to Show up in my new machine?
Chris Boesing
(141 rep)
Feb 9, 2024, 09:29 AM
• Last activity: Jun 18, 2025, 02:01 PM
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How do I stop Focus suggestions and summaries?
The Focus feature in iOS seems intended to reduce unwanted or distracting notifications, but by default it provides new notifications of its own: suggestions for starting Focus and summaries of notifications accumulated during Focus. Both of these kinds of notifications arrive at precisely the time...
The Focus feature in iOS seems intended to reduce unwanted or distracting notifications, but by default it provides new notifications of its own: suggestions for starting Focus and summaries of notifications accumulated during Focus. Both of these kinds of notifications arrive at precisely the time they are most annoying, respectively disturbing you just as you are starting an activity during which you are likely to want to be undisturbed, or just as you are concluding an activity during which you are in Focus (generally a moment, such as reviewing a workout, that requires the most focus).
How do I disable these Focus suggestions and summaries?
orome
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Oct 6, 2021, 01:51 PM
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Scheduled Summary notifications in iOS often won't open
The notifications are set to display as stacks. The scheduled summary stack appears normally, but it can't be separated into individual notifications. The only actions possible are to dismiss the entire group or wait for it to disappear. This has been happening on my iPhone SE 2020 ever since schedu...
The notifications are set to display as stacks. The scheduled summary stack appears normally, but it can't be separated into individual notifications. The only actions possible are to dismiss the entire group or wait for it to disappear.
This has been happening on my iPhone SE 2020 ever since scheduled summaries were introduced with iOS 15 and I feel it happens to about 70% of the summaries.
Is this fixable, or simply a bug that needs to be reported to Apple?
Hobbsworth
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Aug 28, 2024, 05:03 PM
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iOS 7 - Twitter notification issue
This has been getting me down, and I'm out of ideas. On my main twitter account, for one person I follow (@IndieGala), every single tweet is sent as a notification. After a quick bit of reading, I found two different methods to stop the tweets showing up, and I disabled it. A few hours later, they w...
This has been getting me down, and I'm out of ideas.
On my main twitter account, for one person I follow (@IndieGala), every single tweet is sent as a notification.
After a quick bit of reading, I found two different methods to stop the tweets showing up, and I disabled it. A few hours later, they were showing up again.
So I repeatedly disabled them for a couple of weeks, and it didn't ever stick.
I then uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and that seemed to fix it. For about 15 hours, then once again the tweets started showing up.
If I go into settings and tweet notifications, the account is there. I disable it in that menu, and it vanishes. When the notification inevitably shows, it's back in the list as If I had never removed it.
I don't want to disable notifications entirely, and there is an account who's tweets I do want pushed so I don't want to disable that entirely either.
Has anyone had something similar to this? It's literally driving me to the edge of insanity.
Thanks
Jademalo
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Sep 11, 2014, 11:51 PM
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After upgrading/reinstalling some app using Homebrew, how to automatically set its notification settings?
I found each time after I upgrade or reinstall Evernote, macOS prompts me for setting its notification permission settings. Could I make it sticky so I don't have to reset it each time? Or, could I set it with some command so I can run it together with the homebrew command to upgrade/reinstall?[
qazwsx
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Jun 8, 2022, 08:35 PM
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