If you are looking to tinker with the UI to fine tune it to your needs a KDE desktop is great (kubuntu). And it can definitely be made (relatively quickly) to c

If you are looking to tinker with the UI to fine tune it to your needs a KDE desktop is great (kubuntu). And it can definitely be made (relatively quickly) to closely emulate macos UI (search for kde macos reddit) If you are looking for a drop in replacement for macos elementary is definitely the way to go.