{"id":48212,"date":"2025-06-24T15:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T19:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=48212"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T18:50:17","slug":"macos-tahoe-26-developer-beta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/24\/macos-tahoe-26-developer-beta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS Tahoe 26 Developer Beta 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Cunningham<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We are not highlighting this second round of developer betas because we think you should go out and install them on the Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches that you use daily. These are still early versions, and they’re likely to have significant performance, battery, and stability problems relative to the current publicly available versions of the software.<\/p>

But generally speaking, these second developer builds are the first ones I install on my secondary test devices—a collection of mostly older devices that have been replaced but are still considered current enough to run the new update.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

The official release notes<\/a> don’t seem to say what’s new in beta 2. After day of waiting<\/a> for<\/a> Software Update to show the new build, I finally gave up and downloaded the full installer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Michael Flarup<\/a> (MacRumors<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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We did it! New finder icon in Tahoe beta 2!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Zac Hall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The issue? Finder has a dark side and a light side. The dark side is located on the left half of the face while the light side makes up the right half. Finder in macOS Tahoe 26 reversed this arrangement (while using an outline effect around the right side).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In macOS Tahoe Beta 2, Apple included a new option to add a background to the menu bar, making it possible to have a menu bar design that’s similar to the menu bar in macOS Sequoia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Siracusa<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Mmmmm…settings…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The second beta also gives a fresh coat of paint to the Migration Assistant app icon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

John Siracusa<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I think we need to talk about what has happened to Disk Utility.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Basic Apple Guy<\/a> (Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

With this release being one of the most dramatic visual overhauls of macOS’s design, I wanted to begin a collection chronicling the evolution of the system icons over the years. I’ve been rolling these out on social media over the past week and will continue to add to and update this collection slowly over the summer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Jack Wellborn<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Five thoughts on Tahoe’s Safari monstrosity that @siracusa shared via ATP show notes[…]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I think the Journal app in macOS Tahoe is the first first-party Mac Catalyst app to rely on rich text editing, traditionally a pretty weak spot along Catalyst’s API surface (text editing and document management in general). Hopefully that kind of dogfooding will finally<\/em> close that gap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n