Quicktime icon has become Reminders icon?!?

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Quicktime icon has become Reminders icon?!?

This is super weird. Somehow, the icon in my dock for Quicktime player has changed to be the Reminders icon. When I click on it, it brings up Quicktime. I can still open the Reminders app using Spotlight, but it no longer has the red dot with the number of reminders for that day. The dynamic icon showing number of reminders is associated with Quicktime.

This is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen on Mac OS. User since 2002.

Anyone else seen this or have ideas of how to fix it?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 14.4

Posted on Apr 22, 2024 12:48 PM

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Answer 1

ar-ro-cj

Level 1

20 points

Apr 26, 2024 5:02 AM in response to wkimbrough

Had the same issue. Context: I had the Reminders.app pinned in the dock and QuickTime.app not pinned.

To fix it I:

Removed the Reminders.app from the dock (while both apps were closed);
Started QuickTime.app - and saw that this time it used it's own icon in the dock;
Added the Reminders back afterwards.
Done

In case you already had both in the dock, in the first step remove both.

Hope it helps.

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Answer 2

Urquhart1244

Level 10

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Apr 22, 2024 8:16 PM in response to wkimbrough

Try restarting in Safe Mode (not loading startup items or other software that is not part of a clean install), which will also reset some caches. That latter part is what you’re going for here. Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support. After that, you may start up normally again (not Safe Mode).

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Answer 3

Apr 24, 2024 11:11 AM in response to wkimbrough

Very same thing with me -- I'm running 14.4.1 (23E224) on 2017 iMac Pro

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Answer 4

Apr 24, 2024 11:42 AM in response to Urquhart1244

I restarted in Safe Mode, verified through System Information/Software/Boot Mode: Safe.

Restart again in Normal Mode did not resolve this. I am able to keep working; it's just a curiosity at this point. Will try again EOD -- thank you for the suggestion Urquhart1244

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Answer 5

May 30, 2024 9:06 AM in response to ar-ro-cj

I had a similar problem: When I opened Quicktime Player and then pressed command-tab to switch apps, Quicktime Player showed up as Reminders. if I opened reminders and pressed command-tab, it looked like I had two copies of Reminders running.

But removing Reminders from the dock seems to have fixed the problem, so thanks.

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Answer 6

May 10, 2024 5:13 PM in response to ar-ro-cj

This worked perfectly for me (only the Reminders app was docked prior to following steps)

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