"Family (OSX)" in Notifications & Focus dialog

[mackiee]

I noticed that I have something called "Family (OSX)" in the application list in the Notifications & Focus dialog. I have absolutely no idea what this is and how it got there. I have no application named "Family (OSX)" and never had one. Should I be worried? Tried some google searches but haven't found anything.

Is there a way to see the locations of the applications forming that list?

 

[NoBoMac]

Something to try: from a Terminal window:

cd ~/Library
find . -type d -name '*amily*'
cd Preferences
grep -i family *
cd /Library
find . -type d -name '*amily*'
cd Preferences
grep -i family *

To see if there is anything out there that has same/similar name. To narrow down what it might be.

Was going to guess maybe Family Sharing on? But the icon for the entry is missing, so acting like there was something installed at some point, but now deleted and has some preferences/configuration items still sitting out there.

 

[mackiee]

Ok so I found some info in the file /Library/Preferences/com.apple.ncprefs.plist. Opened it in Xcode and got the following:

Don't know why it is showing in the Notifications & Focus preferences pane but it looks like it's some Apple stuff probably related to Family sharing.

 

[NoBoMac]

Does make sense, as Notifications are part of Family Sharing: allow the "host" to tweak to their liking.

Still odd if you're not using Family Sharing, as I do not have that showing under my Notifications as I am not part of any Family plan.

 

[mackiee]

Does make sense, as Notifications are part of Family Sharing: allow the "host" to tweak to their liking.

Still odd if you're not using Family Sharing, as I do not have that showing under my Notifications as I am not part of any Family plan.

I do use family sharing. But it's still odd because I have basically the same settings on my Mac mini M1 and I can't find the 'Family (OSX)' in Notifications & Focus dialog on that computer. Both my MacBook Pro and Mac mini M1 are running Monterey 12.1, only difference is that my MacBook Pro has been upgraded over the years from Mojave -> Catalina -> Big Sur -> Monterey.

 

[Expedition]

Same here, no idea why this "Family (OSX)" thing shows up on my MacBook M1 Pro running 12.1 (also on a M1 iMac, both machines are clones of several generations of previous machines and OS X/macOS).