How to Fix Missing Window Tiling Previews in macOS Sequoia 15.x
Symptom: You drag a window to the edge of the screen in macOS Sequoia (15.x), but the ghost-like "preview" rectangle never appears and the window won't snap into place.
TL;DR fix
Save your work, then in Terminal run sudo killall WindowServer — this logs you out immediately and restarts the tiling engine. After logging back in, snap previews should reappear. If they don't, run defaults write com.apple.WindowManager EnableStandardClickToShowDesktop -bool true && killall WindowManager.
Why this happens
The "WindowServer" process responsible for Sequoia's new tiling engine can crash or become disabled by a corrupted configuration file.
Fix 1: Reset WindowServer
- Warning: This will log you out immediately. Save your work.
- Open Terminal.
- Run:
sudo killall WindowServer
Fix 2: Re-enable via Defaults
- In Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.WindowManager EnableStandardClickToShowDesktop -bool truekillall WindowManager