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Why my desktop background went black after Monterey 12.4 update?

After updating my MacBook Pro (2015) with the Monterey 12.4 MacOS, the restart procedure went somehow wrong, as the background in the login, desktop, and, from time to time, the menu bar and, even, some app icons and application workspace (PDF Reader) went completely black. What could happen?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 3, 2022 9:57 PM

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Posted on Jun 6, 2022 4:28 AM

I try doing that, however I realised after few reboots (3), the problem was only present in the desktop dark mode, if I changed to the dynamic or light, everything else was fully visible. It sounds to me more of a workaround, than the full fix. Thanks!

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Jun 4, 2022 2:13 AM in response to ichbinrich

1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.


2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?


3 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.


4 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.


5 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then, this appears to be a System Wide issue on the computer.


6 - If after performing each of the above steps is the order that have been presents  and still have issues - please advise for possible further assistance.

Why my desktop background went black after Monterey 12.4 update?

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