system preferences won't load
I upgraded this week to macOS Big Sur (11.1), and I find that System Preferences will not open. The dock shows it is "running," but the window does not appear. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro
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I upgraded this week to macOS Big Sur (11.1), and I find that System Preferences will not open. The dock shows it is "running," but the window does not appear. Any suggestions?
MacBook Pro
johner1940 wrote:
I upgraded this week to macOS Big Sur (11.1), and I find that System Preferences will not open. The dock shows it is "running," but the window does not appear. Any suggestions?
What about from the drop down>System Preferences (?)
What about from the Applications folder>System Preferences.app
If it is running you can Force Quit from the
Thanks for the response, leroydouglas.
With regard to your questions:
• It does not work from the drop down>System Preferences menu
• It does not open from the Applications folder>System Preferences.app
• I can Force Quit it from the menu
It turns out Apple Tech support recommended that I boot in Safe Mode, and then select System preferences. This works. Next, reboot the Mac. It was fixed!
I am having the same issue.
system preferences won't load