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macOS Tahoe has declared war on app icons with distinctive shapes. No silhouettes. If your icon isn't a squircle, it will be shrunk to fit inside a default sha

by watersb 10mo ago

macOS Tahoe has declared war on app icons with distinctive shapes. No silhouettes. If your icon isn't a squircle, it will be shrunk to fit inside a default shape. The penalty box. https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/6/2.html https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2025/6/2.html The loss of icon silhouettes is a big step down in usability. Erases decades of design guidelines. https://pxlnv.com/blog/roundrect-dictator/ https://pxlnv.com/blog/roundrect-dictator/ Frankly it's senseless. https://www.flarup.email/p/through-the-liquid-glass https://www.flarup.email/p/through-the-liquid-glass Insane but still working legacy workaround: https://simonbs.dev/posts/how-to-bring-back-oddly-shaped-app-icons-on-macos-26-tahoe https://simonbs.dev/posts/how-to-bring-back-oddly-shaped-app... … macOS isn't fun anymore.

deelowe 10mo ago
Never thought I'd say this, but I kinda miss Jobs.
antonvs 10mo ago
> macOS isn't fun anymore. It was always closed source. That hasn’t changed. That should be a hint.
nntwozz 10mo ago
First we lost the pinstripes, then brushed aluminium; then we lost colors in the sidebar icons. Then they made everything flat. Finally we lost the background and legibility. Pepe prayge now than Alan is out that things will improve. We need to get back to Dieter Rams 10 principles for good design.
- lavataco 10mo ago
  Surprised it took me this far down to see him mentioned.
anal_reactor 10mo ago
MacOS was never fun. I've been using MacOS at work for five years and it's never been fun nor intuitive. I always explained this to myself "that's because I grew up with Windows" but three months ago I switched to KDE on my private machine and it's miles ahead of MacOS. Just a week ago I got a new company Macbook and the UX is even clunkier than before. Shit just doesn't work.
- trinix912 10mo ago
  I feel like the older versions had much more of a personality. OS 8-9, OS X (10.0-10.9). Once they (and Windows) started with flat design (which was over 10 years ago!) everything just converged and now all UIs look very similar to each other. MacOS Big Sur and Tahoe look quite similar to various 3rd party KDE and Gnome skins that predate them.
- throwaway270925 10mo ago
  > I've been using MacOS at work for five years Which means you haven't been around for MacOSes fun times ;) We are talking about 15+ years ago here. Tiger, Snow Leopard, those were the days! Agree on KDE though.

by watersb 10mo ago

deelowe 10mo ago

Never thought I'd say this, but I kinda miss Jobs.

antonvs 10mo ago

> macOS isn't fun anymore. It was always closed source. That hasn’t changed. That should be a hint.

nntwozz 10mo ago

First we lost the pinstripes, then brushed aluminium; then we lost colors in the sidebar icons. Then they made everything flat. Finally we lost the background and legibility. Pepe prayge now than Alan is out that things will improve. We need to get back to Dieter Rams 10 principles for good design.

lavataco 10mo ago
Surprised it took me this far down to see him mentioned.

anal_reactor 10mo ago

MacOS was never fun. I've been using MacOS at work for five years and it's never been fun nor intuitive. I always explained this to myself "that's because I grew up with Windows" but three months ago I switched to KDE on my private machine and it's miles ahead of MacOS. Just a week ago I got a new company Macbook and the UX is even clunkier than before. Shit just doesn't work.

trinix912 10mo ago
I feel like the older versions had much more of a personality. OS 8-9, OS X (10.0-10.9). Once they (and Windows) started with flat design (which was over 10 years ago!) everything just converged and now all UIs look very similar to each other. MacOS Big Sur and Tahoe look quite similar to various 3rd party KDE and Gnome skins that predate them.
throwaway270925 10mo ago
> I've been using MacOS at work for five years Which means you haven't been around for MacOSes fun times ;) We are talking about 15+ years ago here. Tiger, Snow Leopard, those were the days! Agree on KDE though.