{"id":49278,"date":"2025-09-15T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=49278"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:42:37","slug":"macos-tahoe-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/15\/macos-tahoe-26\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS Tahoe 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2025\/09\/new-versions-of-apples-software-platforms-are-available-today\/\">Apple<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/os\/pdf\/All_New_Features_macOS_Tahoe_Sept_2025.pdf\">feature list<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/122868\">release notes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/125110\">security<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/124963\">enterprise<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/macos-release-notes\/macos-26-release-notes\">developer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/swcdn.apple.com\/content\/downloads\/26\/38\/093-37779-A_Y4733G5GHI\/adlxnkoqzyrrzfl1r5krg7ql0cod8vpl5e\/InstallAssistant.pkg\">full installer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/updates.cdn-apple.com\/2025FallFCS\/fullrestores\/093-37622\/CE01FAB2-7F26-48EE-AEE4-5E57A7F6D8BB\/UniversalMac_26.0_25A354_Restore.ipsw\">IPSW<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2025\/09\/new-versions-of-apples-software-platforms-are-available-today\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/newsroom\/2025\/06\/macos-tahoe-26-makes-the-mac-more-capable-productive-and-intelligent-than-ever\/\">macOS Tahoe<\/a> transforms the Mac experience with a stunning new design and powerful capabilities that turbocharge productivity. The new design offers users even more ways to personalize their Mac with an updated Control Center in addition to new color options for folders, app icons, and widgets. The menu bar is completely transparent, making the display feel even larger. With its biggest update ever, Spotlight offers all-new browsing views for files and apps, enhanced search, plus powerful action capabilities to quickly accomplish tasks like sending emails or creating events &mdash; all with the help of quick keys. Shortcuts get even more powerful with intelligent actions along with the ability to tap directly into Apple Intelligence models to automate complex tasks. Thanks to Continuity, the Phone app allows users to effortlessly access familiar features from iPhone &mdash; including Recents, Favorites, and Voicemails &mdash; alongside new features like Call Screening and Hold Assist. With Live Activities from iPhone now appearing directly on the Mac, staying informed about real-time events has never been easier.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The current versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/c-command.com\">my apps<\/a> are compatible. There will be some updates soon to optimize them for Tahoe.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/512pixels.net\/2025\/09\/tahoe-added-to-the-macos-screenshot-library\/\">Stephen Hackett<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/512pixels.net\/2025\/09\/tahoe-added-to-the-macos-screenshot-library\/\">\n<p>I spent a large part of my weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/512pixels.net\/projects\/aqua-screenshot-library\/macos-26-tahoe\/\">making over 150 screenshots<\/a>, just for you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2025\/09\/15\/appearance-matters-get-tahoe-looking-in-better-shape\/\">Howard Oakley<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2025\/09\/15\/appearance-matters-get-tahoe-looking-in-better-shape\/\"><p>Whether you&rsquo;re installing the upgrade because of those, or in spite of them, allow me to take you on a quick tour of how you can set its interface up, and which controls do what.<\/p><p>There are three sets of controls:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Appearance<\/strong> mode, Light or Dark, in Appearance settings;<\/li><li>Display variations to <strong>Reduce transparency<\/strong> or <strong>Increase contrast<\/strong>, in Accessibility settings;<\/li><li><strong>Icon &amp; widget style<\/strong>, in Appearance settings.<\/li><\/ul><p>That comes to a total of more than 20 combinations before factoring in icon tinting colour, so there&rsquo;s no shortage of choice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flarup\/status\/1934627084586160156\">Michael Flarup<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/flarup\/status\/1934627084586160156\">\n<p>One of the things I&rsquo;ve loved most about designing macOS icons is how they let you break the frame. A blade, a pencil, a petal. Something reaching out.<\/p>\n<p>With Tahoe, that era is behind us.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aus.social\/@nighthawk\/115208341872515413\">Adrian Sch&ouml;nig<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/aus.social\/@nighthawk\/115208341872515413\">\n<p>I worry how inconsistent macOS is gonna get thanks to Apple and Apple-only indie apps adopting the bubbly new look, while cross-platform apps stay on the classic\/functional\/flat look. Things weren&rsquo;t entirely consistent before but many well-crafted cross-platform apps could (and did) feel right at home. That seems unlikely with Liquid Glass.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/kirkville.com\/post\/3lyvcghxl4c2v\">Kirk McElhearn<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/kirkville.com\/post\/3lyvcghxl4c2v\"><p>If you&rsquo;ve already installed Apple&rsquo;s 26 OS RCs, it looks like there&rsquo;s an update. Not at all confusing, the way it&rsquo;s presented here&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115209405734598163\">Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115209405734598163\">\n<p>It&rsquo;s becoming apparent that macOS Tahoe has a number of issues that completely break the Mac App Store for installing and updating apps, some of which that can only be fixed by booting to Recovery mode and using the command line &#x1F605; That is an <em>extraordinary<\/em> state to launch an OS in.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/09\/macos-26-tahoe-the-ars-technica-review\/\">ArsTechnica<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/15\/apple-releases-macos-tahoe\/\">MacRumors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=45252378\">Hacker News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2025\/09\/macos-26-tahoe-review-power-under-glass\/\">Six Colors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macstories.net\/stories\/macos-26-tahoe-the-macstories-review\/\">MacStories<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/09\/15\/macos-tahoe-26-now-available-heres-what-to-test-first\/\">9to5Mac<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/25\/09\/15\/macos-tahoe-with-liquid-glass-clipboard-history-and-more-is-now-available\">AppleInsider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/777521\/apple-macos-tahoe-26-now-available-download-update\">The Verge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/10\/design-is-how-it-works-2\/\">Design Is How It Works<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/10\/macos-tahoe-26-rc\/\">macOS Tahoe 26 RC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/08\/macos-icon-history\/\">macOS Icon History<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/05\/one-size-does-not-fit-all\/\">One Size Does Not Fit All<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/24\/appleos-26-public-betas\/\">appleOS 26 Public Betas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/02\/macos-tahoe-drops-firewire-support\/\">macOS Tahoe Drops FireWire Support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/30\/assorted-notes-on-liquid-glass\/\">Assorted Notes on Liquid Glass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/10\/macos-tahoe-26-announced\/\">macOS Tahoe 26 Announced<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/16\/macos-15-sequoia\/\">macOS 15 Sequoia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"macos-tahoe-26-update-2025-09-29\">Update (<a href=\"#macos-tahoe-26-update-2025-09-29\">2025-09-29<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/17\/macos-tahoe-m3-ultra-mac-studio-bug\/\">Juli Clover<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/eclecticlight.co\/2025\/09\/17\/macos-26-0-tahoe-build-25a354-is-incompatible-with-mac-studio-m3-ultra\/\">Howard Oakley<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/17\/macos-tahoe-m3-ultra-mac-studio-bug\/\"><p>If you have a Mac Studio with an M3 Ultra chip and can&rsquo;t get macOS Tahoe to install, you&rsquo;re not alone. There is a bug that is preventing the update from installing properly on machines that have the M3 Ultra.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/16\/10-macos-tahoe-features\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/16\/10-macos-tahoe-features\/\"><p>If you didn&rsquo;t download the new software yet, here are some features that might entice you to upgrade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/24\/all-the-new-macos-tahoe-features\/\">Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2025\/09\/24\/all-the-new-macos-tahoe-features\/\"><p>In this article, we&rsquo;ve selected 50 new features and lesser-known changes that are worth checking out if you&rsquo;re upgrading. What do you think of  macOS Tahoe so far?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintouch.com\/post\/48178\/macos-26-home-folder-bug-update\/\">Ric Ford<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macintouch.com\/post\/48178\/macos-26-home-folder-bug-update\/\"><p>Apple apparently addressed in macOS 26 a notoriously longstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macintouch.com\/post\/tag\/home-directory\/\">home folder bug<\/a> with serious security implications. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i0n1c\/status\/1967873891382296994\">Stefan Esser<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i0n1c\/status\/1967873891382296994\">\n<p>So now with macOS 26 being final. Why do people still have to jailbreak their Mac (and VMs) to be able to run 3rd party kernel extensions inside VMs?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115193367601573782\">Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115193367601573782\">\n<p>macOS Tahoe RC, everybody &#x1F605;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taoofmac.com\/space\/notes\/2025\/09\/15\/2359\">Rui Carmo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/taoofmac.com\/space\/notes\/2025\/09\/15\/2359\">\n<p>System Preferences on the Mac is still horrible to use (sluggish, apparently overly dependent on web views, and has at least two different styles of control spacing).<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Relying on the Globe\/Fn key for window management was a mistake because it tends to switch keyboard layouts on me, so I guess people at Apple are neither bilingual nor good testers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hogbaysoftware.com\/posts\/bike-tahoe\/\">Jesse Grosjean<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.hogbaysoftware.com\/posts\/bike-tahoe\/\">\n<p>For my taste, this standard macOS 26 Liquid Glass treatment muddies the boundary between UI and content way too much.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConfusedVorlon\/status\/1968250778638000586\">Rob Jonson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ConfusedVorlon\/status\/1968250778638000586\"><p>Apple: &ldquo;Spotlight now lists all result types &#8230; and intelligently ranks them by relevance to you, making it easier and faster to find what you&rsquo;re looking for.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Reality: Tahoe removes the information that allows you differentiate app versions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eternalstorms\/status\/1970465687887081828\">Matthias Gansrigler-Hrad<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/eternalstorms\/status\/1970465687887081828\">\n<p>Interesting. The green zoom button has superfluous mouse-over detection for some reason on macOS Tahoe.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/neogoose_btw\/status\/1968757466570621251\">Dmitriy Kovalenko<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=45297627\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/neogoose_btw\/status\/1968757466570621251\">\n<p>Calculator app has a memory leak.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ccgus\/115209499342536523\">Gus Mueller<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ccgus\/115209499342536523\"><p>This is what it looks like when I try and use the scroll wheel in Tahoe&rsquo;s Calendar app. Is it just me, or does this happen to anyone else (scrolling doesn&rsquo;t really happen).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@marioguzman\/115265772399682958\">Mario Guzm&aacute;n<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@marioguzman\/115265772399682958\"><p>Safari 26 settings in Sequoia vs Tahoe.<\/p><p>Native controls have been looking worse over time but Tahoe&rsquo;s native controls just look the worse. They don&rsquo;t work any better as they simply look so disabled in their standard enabled appearance.<\/p><p>I also wonder if they got rid of the compact toolbar in Safari for Tahoe because well, we all know how well toolbars are going in Tahoe. Not too great.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115219565382178478\">Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115219565382178478\"><p>If you&rsquo;re running macOS Tahoe on a non-Apple monitor or TV, and you don&rsquo;t have your screen white levels calibrated perfectly, Liquid Glass sidebars and toolbars are <em>indistinguishable<\/em> from white. The entire look and feel falls apart.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115219489991156680\">Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@stroughtonsmith\/115219489991156680\"><p>It&rsquo;s a little alarming just how bad macOS looks on a non-retina resolution these days. Blurry text and UI throughout the OS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@rustyshelf\/115212205724346125\">Russell Ivanovic<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@rustyshelf\/115212205724346125\"><p>In the release version of macOS 26, the system wide colour picker shows a zoomed in preview for the colour that&rsquo;s wrong. It actually samples at the tip of the mouse pointer, which is about 10-15px off where the zoom preview is showing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@aaron_pearce\/115211125156383795\">Aaron Pearce<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@aaron_pearce\/115211125156383795\"><p>Catalyst where a button with &ldquo;role: .cancel&rdquo; does this in Tahoe. Thanks Apple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wien.rocks\/@noheger\/115275853754333546\">Norbert Heger<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/wien.rocks\/@noheger\/115275853754333546\">\n<p>Generic media file icons used to be easily distinguishable with unique, recognizable designs. Now we get gray symbols and, of course, reduced text contrast in the file type label &#x2013; for consistency with the overall reduced legibility of Liquid Glass.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@helge\/115278950505252801\">Helge He&szlig;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@helge\/115278950505252801\">\n<p>A thing I like about macOS Tahoe is the animated Tahoe screen saver. It is quite beautiful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pdx.social\/@louie\/115228586095239649\">Louie Mantia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pdx.social\/@louie\/115228586095239649\">\n<p>It is flat-out embarrassing that the Apple News app cannot seemingly render the content as the window is resizing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/krzyzanowskim\/status\/1971664691798872362\">Marcin Krzyzanowski<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/x.com\/krzyzanowskim\/status\/1971664691798872362\"><p>I don&rsquo;t think anyone decisive uses Mac for anything other than web browsing - judging after how damn annoying the glass transparency is on macOS26<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rakhim.exotext.com\/benjamin-button-reviews-macos\">Rakhim Davletkali<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/rakhim.exotext.com\/benjamin-button-reviews-macos\">\n<p>Benjamin Button Reviews macOS<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"macos-tahoe-26-update-2025-10-06\">Update (<a href=\"#macos-tahoe-26-update-2025-10-06\">2025-10-06<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/@avidrissman\/115299947164372853\">Avi Drissman<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/@avidrissman\/115299947164372853\">\n<p>Unfortunately, this fix doesn&rsquo;t help Chromium. The <a href=\"https:\/\/crbug.com\/446481994#comment41\">issue<\/a> is that <code>NSAutoFillHeuristicController<\/code> hammers the synchronous IME API <code>-firstRectForCharacterRange:actualRange:<\/code> on the main thread. Given that Chromium needs to synchronously round-trip to a different process to get a response, this means that even on 26.0.1 <code>NSAutoFillHeuristicController<\/code> causes unacceptable main thread jank.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@agiletortoise\/115299395094206288\">Greg Pierce<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@agiletortoise\/115299395094206288\"><p>&ldquo;Show Contact Card&rdquo; in Mail is&#8230;interesting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pdx.social\/@louie\/115297617297795018\">Louie Mantia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/pdx.social\/@louie\/115297617297795018\"><p>macOS 26 still has a setting for &ldquo;Show toolbar button shapes&rdquo; but&#8230; it doesn&rsquo;t do anything anymore. On or off appear exactly the same in Liquid Glass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collin.blog\/2025\/10\/02\/first-impressions-of-macos-26\/\">Collin Donnell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/collin.blog\/2025\/10\/02\/first-impressions-of-macos-26\/\"><p>Yesterday I decided to stop waiting and install macOS 26 Tahoe. It&rsquo;s a mixed bag.<\/p><p>Everything they added for apps <em>other<\/em> than the design updates, I like.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>I&rsquo;m a big fan of the Journal app. Having it on macOS is awesome. I&rsquo;ve never been able to stick with Day One, but for some reason Journal clicks with me. The suggestions it gives are good at reminding me what I was doing, so even if I don&rsquo;t visit the app for a few days, I can come back and fill in the details.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>My review for the design changes is this &mdash; mostly not awful, but everything they changed is worse. Every change rests somewhere between neutral and a little bit degraded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@LeoNatan\/115025947010032651\">L&eacute;o Natan<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@LeoNatan\/115025947010032651\"><p>It&rsquo;s possible to disable Liquid Glass on Tahoe with:<\/p><pre>defaults write -g com.apple.SwiftUI.DisableSolarium -bool YES<\/pre><p>Then reboot your machine. AppKit apps work and look ~ almost the same as in Sequoia. Catalyst apps are slightly buggy, mostly visual glitches. And Safari has visual glitches. But still better than Liquid Glass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@isaiah\/115311695647133074\">Isaiah Carew<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@isaiah\/115311695647133074\">\n<p>this has easily been the most challenging macOS release as a professional dev.<\/p>\n<p>mostly i really love writing code, but this stuff is really testing my resolve.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@hboon\/115311063924691111\">Hwee-Boon Yar<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@hboon\/115311063924691111\"><p>The upgrade to macOS Tahoe has bothered me or disrupted my work way less than any macOS upgrade over the last few years. It&rsquo;s not as bad as I read around.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/macos-tahoe-hidden-features\/\">Juli Clover<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/macos-tahoe-hidden-features\/\"><p>Apple&rsquo;s new Liquid Glass design has received most of the attention in news about macOS Tahoe, but there are quite a few new features that make the Mac better than ever, including some that are not super obvious. We&rsquo;ve rounded up 10 useful macOS Tahoe features that you should know about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p id=\"macos-tahoe-26-update-2025-11-20\">Update (<a href=\"#macos-tahoe-26-update-2025-11-20\">2025-11-20<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@marioguzman\/115580641428923018\">Mario Guzm&aacute;n<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@marioguzman\/115580641428923018\">\n<p>Apple Music on macOS had this feature where you could place your cursor over the scrubber and with two fingers, scrub it left\/right. This was an alternative to dragging the playhead left\/right.<\/p>\n<p>But this feature seems to have been killed or forgotten about when they redesigned Apple Music for #macOSTahoe as you can no longer scrub the song using two fingers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/social.panic.com\/@cabel\/115578217847412265\">Cabel Sasser<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/social.panic.com\/@cabel\/115578217847412265\"><p>the macos 26 &ldquo;TV&rdquo; app gave me the world&rsquo;s greatest loading spinner.<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple (feature list, release notes, security, enterprise, developer, full installer, IPSW): macOS Tahoe transforms the Mac experience with a stunning new design and powerful capabilities that turbocharge productivity. 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