MacBook: Mission Control thumbnails transparent after update

Hi! I installed the most recent version of MacOS, Tahoe 26.2 yesterday, on my Macbook m5 pro.


Now, when I do the gesture with three fingers up the trackpad to show all desktops (I think it's called Mission Control?) I see the thumbnails show only a transparent view, and no content is visible, until I switched to each one of the desktops, and then the content is displayed again.


See picture below, all the desktops have windows opened, but I only see transparent boxes. The first desktop is active, so the content there is visible.



I had to take a picture with my telephone because a screenshot of the screen would actually show the content, even if the content is not visible to me.


Does anyone know if this is a known bug, or a "feature"? Any way to bring this back to the old version, where I see the previsualization of the windows on each Desktop?

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.2

Posted on Jan 29, 2026 12:34 AM

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Posted on Jan 29, 2026 5:37 AM

Have you tried rebooting your Mac? If that doesn't help, see if the problem is present when you boot in safe mode, which disables 3rd party extensions and performs some system cleanup.

 

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support


My Mac on Tahoe shows the normal view of the multiple desktops in Mission Control, as it always has.

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Jan 29, 2026 5:37 AM in response to bhavasam

Have you tried rebooting your Mac? If that doesn't help, see if the problem is present when you boot in safe mode, which disables 3rd party extensions and performs some system cleanup.

 

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support


My Mac on Tahoe shows the normal view of the multiple desktops in Mission Control, as it always has.

MacBook: Mission Control thumbnails transparent after update

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