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Ivaylo97
Ivaylo97
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December 24, 2019
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Illustrator workspace is on right side not on the top on macOS

  • December 24, 2019
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Hello guys, I have a problem with the workspace on my MacBook.
It's on the right side, not on the top. Does somebody know how can I fix this?

 

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Correct answer Jeff Witchel, ACI

If you're saying you want the Control panel on top of your Workspace instead of the new Properties panel on the right, simple change your Workspace from the default "Essentials" to another Workspace such as Painting or Typography. You can choose various Workspaces in the Workspace popup menu in the upper right of your window (look for the Essentials button and click).

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Rishabh_Tiwari
Rishabh_Tiwari
Legend
December 24, 2019

Hi there,

 

Thanks for reaching out. If you have the latest version of Illustrator that is 24.0.1, I would recommend resetting the preferences of Illustrator by following the steps below:

 

  • Close Illustrator.
  • Click on the Finder icon on the dock, choose Go on the top> Go To Folder.
  • In the Go To Folder dialog box, type "~/Library". Click Go.
  • Open the Preferences Folder > rename the Illustrator  24 Settings folder to Illustrator  24 Settings folder.old
  • Under Preferences, Open Adobe folder and rename Adobe Illustrator folder to Adobe Illustrator.old
  • Go back to library->open caches->rename  com.adobe.illustrator to com.adobe.illustrator.old
  • Go back to library->open application support-> open adobe->rename the Illustrator  24 folder to Illustrator  24 folder.old

 

Disclaimer: Please note that resetting preferences will remove all the custom settings and Illustrator will launch with default settings. This way all your old settings will be saved in .old folders and Illustrator will recreate new folders with default settings.  

Let us know if this helps or if you need any further assistance.

 

Regards

Rishabh

Ivaylo97
Ivaylo97Author
Participant
December 24, 2019

Sorry, I followed all the steps but it doesnt work.

I'm with Catalina on the mac if it's matter.

Ivaylo97
Ivaylo97Author
Participant
December 25, 2019

If you're saying you want the Control panel on top of your Workspace instead of the new Properties panel on the right, simple change your Workspace from the default "Essentials" to another Workspace such as Painting or Typography. You can choose various Workspaces in the Workspace popup menu in the upper right of your window (look for the Essentials button and click).


When I tried it, it didn't work, but now it works. Don't know how. Thank you for your help and have wonderful holidays. :))

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