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Andrea27993530aiie
December 18, 2025
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I can’t dock the toolbars to the window in Illustrator

  • December 18, 2025
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I have two Mac in office with system Tahoe, in one, a Mac Studio I can dock the toolbars to the main window of Illustrator in the other one no (a Mac Mini) and I can dock them only to the sides of the screen... I really don’t understand why... I have tryed all the settings of Illustrator and the Mac system

Correct answer Andrea27993530aiie

Hi @Andrea27993530aiie,

 

Thanks for the clarification. Since docking works on the Mac Studio where previous Illustrator preferences were imported, I recommend importing the same Illustrator preferences on the Mac mini as well. You can do this by copying the Illustrator preferences folder from the working Mac Studio user library to the corresponding location on the Mac mini while Illustrator is closed, then relaunch Illustrator and check the panel docking behavior. For reference on location: How to set preferences in Illustrator

 

Please let me know how it goes after trying this.
Abhishek


Well thanks for all the answers, I have fixed the problem in a simply way... I uninstalled the program by deleting all the preferences and then reinstalled it, now everything works fine

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
December 18, 2025

Could be related to Tahoe or one of its settings. Are you aware that Tahoe is still not listed on the technical requirements page? https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/desktop/get-started/learn-the-basics/technical-requirements.html 

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Andrea27993530aiieAuthor
December 18, 2025

Thanks but I have Tahoe on both the Mac and I have the same system settings, the only difference is that in one Mac I have imported the previous preferences of Illustrator... What really I don’t understand is why in one works and the other one no

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Abhishek RaoCommunity Manager
Community Manager
December 18, 2025

Hi @Andrea27993530aiie,

 

Thanks for the clarification. Since docking works on the Mac Studio where previous Illustrator preferences were imported, I recommend importing the same Illustrator preferences on the Mac mini as well. You can do this by copying the Illustrator preferences folder from the working Mac Studio user library to the corresponding location on the Mac mini while Illustrator is closed, then relaunch Illustrator and check the panel docking behavior. For reference on location: How to set preferences in Illustrator

 

Please let me know how it goes after trying this.
Abhishek

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