My widgets on MacBook Air 13' M1 is black
MY MAC'S WIDGETS ARE COMPLETELY BLACK and I don't know what to do about it. My mac is updated to v26.4. So please, if anyone knows how to deal with this problem I would be extremely grateful. The issue has been persistant since a year now. I have tried out multiple things and even force stopping Finder has not helped as well.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 26.4
The issue has been persistant since a year now.
Where exactly is this isolated screenshot for some orientation...Control Center, Desktop, stage manager?
Are you in dark mode?
Control Center>Edit Widgets (?)
ref: Use Control Center on Mac
Can you turn Widgets off(?). can you remove all Widgets and then add them back in to compare your results?
Widgets—
Remove widgets from the desktop
On your Mac, click the wallpaper, then choose Edit Widgets.
Click the Remove button for the widget you want to remove.
Add and customize widgets on Mac - Apple Support
Control Click the Desktop to remove widgets stuck on the Desktop
turn off widgets?
ref: Add and customize widgets on Mac
To trouble shoot further you can:
—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
*** (if you are using a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.)
unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing
Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus
all known to cause issues on the macOS
The issue has been persistant since a year now.
Where exactly is this isolated screenshot for some orientation...Control Center, Desktop, stage manager?
Are you in dark mode?
Control Center>Edit Widgets (?)
ref: Use Control Center on Mac
Can you turn Widgets off(?). can you remove all Widgets and then add them back in to compare your results?
Widgets—
Remove widgets from the desktop
On your Mac, click the wallpaper, then choose Edit Widgets.
Click the Remove button for the widget you want to remove.
Add and customize widgets on Mac - Apple Support
Control Click the Desktop to remove widgets stuck on the Desktop
turn off widgets?
ref: Add and customize widgets on Mac
To trouble shoot further you can:
—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
*** (if you are using a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.)
unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing
Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus
all known to cause issues on the macOS
ironsorcerer wrote:
My mac is updated to v26.4. So please, if anyone knows how to deal with this problem I would be extremely grateful.
The issue has been persistant since a year now.
Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions?
If you did all the further trouble shooting with no insight...
Easy enough to reinstalling the macOS on top of your existing macOS in an effort to elicit some change
How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
You can get a good look at your User/System config. and reveal conflicts or issues, you can download/run this trusted utility
If you need help interpreting the report you can post it here in its entirety in the "Additional Text" box in the editing toolbar below, in your reply.
How to use the Add Text Feature when posting an Etrecheck Report—OldToad
How to use the Add Text Feature When Post… - Apple Community
I would not hesitate to call customer support for your on-going issue for some resolve:
Customer Support (800) MY–APPLE (800–692–7753)
or on line https://getsupport.apple.com/
Outside the USA—Contact Apple for support and service by phone
See a list of Apple phone numbers around the world.
Contact Apple Support - Apple Support
Thanks for replying. This was the Screenshot i took when clicked “edit widgets” on home screen.
I tried everything that you mentioned and it’s still the same. When i add any widget either to notification center or desktop they just appear as black squares or rectangles. When in light mode they appear white.
Does anyone have any other ideas or suggestions?
I ran the etrecheck and i have attached the report in additional text. There are no major issues reported but some minor ones.
Widgets on MacBook Air 13-inch M1 are black
