macOS 26: All The Little Things

[fisherking]

There are hundreds of apps since Cheetah that skipped direct support of the newest macOS. Some apps like Scrivener have only had a couple of major app and UI updates in the last 20 years with minor bug fixes in between.

ok, but which app are you referencing when you say "We will tell our app users that Tahoe is not supported at the moment so if they find bugs on Tahoe we will not support it."

lots of apps don't actually need updates to run on a newer OS, but app users should be supported if there are issues. no?

 

[UgoDream]

The cutt off scroll bars do look bad unfortunately. Good thing they disappear quickly.

Lucky you for hiding the scrollbar automatically. Unfortunately, I can't because I have had bad experiences in apps or on websites where it was not obvious that you could scroll because it didn't look like there was more content. I remember that I couldn't register for something because of that. Since then, I decided that I need a visual clue all the time that there is more content by having the scrollbar always visible. Otherwise, I always have to try to scroll to see if there is more content, which to me is bad UI design.

 

[thohnb]

The dock is kinda ugly imo. There gray line below it which so annoying to watch

 

[flowrider]

Many folks are reporting problems and issues that I have not seen. Issues with Music, with DVD players, etc. Haven't seen any of those, and now the dock

My dock is just fine:



Tahoe is working fine for me on my M2 Mac Pro and M2 MBA 👍

Lou

 

[azhava]

The differences in the dock are so insignificant that I barely even notice any difference between them. Certainly not enough to care or get excited (either way) about. I actually like the new Mail and Contacts icons better than the old.

iOS 26.0 on top, iOS 15.6.1 on bottom:

 

[Powerbooky]

The differences in the dock are so insignificant that I barely even notice any difference between them. Certainly not enough to care or get excited (either way) about. I actually like the new Mail and Contacts icons better than the old.

iOS 26.0 on top, iOS 15.6.1 on bottom:

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At first glance, the Finder "eyes" look a bit crooked/tilted. Overall they went overboard with the rounding of everything.
I'm holding off upgrading my Mac's, iPhone and iPad, maybe even skipping this version. I only upgraded the AppleTV's and HomePod mini's. I still have to check if it still skips a bit during the first 10 seconds of a song. I had this bug on HomePod mini and iPhone (even with downloaded songs).

My oldest daughter (15) also was caught in all the buzz about macOS Tahoe and was eagerly waiting for the release on Monday. One day later she's not that enthusiastic anymore. While she has adjusted to some of the quirks of iOS26 and macOS 26, she has found some serious bugs too.
One is in the music app: this "AutoMix" function... it turns out that during the transition between songs the audio becomes MONO. For just a few seconds, but that's really bad. More than a decade ago I could do way better with iTunes 7, VolumeLogic plugin and slightly adjusted in/out point set in some songs. That sounded just like a real radio channel with great transitions and serious loudness control.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

How does one delete App Store apps, since you can't click-and-hold on the icon? Is it really just drag to the trash now?

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

Well, that was a bit of a disaster.
All my upgrades in the past have been successful, so, what could possibly go wrong, upgrading from 15.6.1 to 26?
Anyway, I did three different backups -- normal TimeMachine, a CarbonCopy clone to an external drive, and separate copies of my Users and Applications folders.
Did the upgrade, all looked good, except -- no network access.
Re-installed Tahoe from a separate drive - no difference.
Tried to erase the drive and re-install from scratch - couldn't do it because there was no network access.
Ended up going to the other mac and restoring to factory settings, but with Tahoe.
Spent all yesterday pm re-installing all my apps, logging in with those apps that needed to be logged in, and restoring all my Users files.

At least I now have a clean install, and everything seems a little bit snappier than under Sequoia, but that could be my imagination.

 

[KALLT]

How does one delete App Store apps, since you can't click-and-hold on the icon? Is it really just drag to the trash now?

Moving the app to the bin has always worked, even for App Store apps. Launchpad was just another way to delete App Store apps.

You can also do it from System Settings → General → Storage → Apps.

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The dock is kinda ugly imo. There gray line below it which so annoying to watch

To me that looks like there is a window underneath.

 

[KALLT]

Look at this comparison Sequoia vs Tahoe

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I wonder how Apple would solve this. In the developer documentation Apple explained that for a horizontal layout, you solve this by adding padding to the left or right side or by repositioning the UI element so that it fits into the corner. You can't really do either with scrollbar handles, because you would either have to push the handle more to the left and into the content or add padding to the top and bottom of the scrollbar, giving the impression that you haven't reached to end of the scrollable area. Or you just leave it like this.

 

[JMalone]

I wonder how Apple would solve this.

There will be updates and fixes in the next 6 months but the real fix will come in macOS 27. This isn’t the first time a big corporation has ****ed up their operating system. They usually fix it in the next big update. But then they **** it up again after 5 years.

 

[cool11]

I think I am observing much less battery life, after installing Tahoe... Anyone else?

 

[dmccloud]

I think I am observing much less battery life, after installing Tahoe... Anyone else?

I wouldn't go by the immediate post-install battery life as a indicator of things to come. The same thing happened on my iPhone when I upgraded to iOS 26, but that was only the first day. After that, battery life returned to what I had been experiencing before upgrading. On Tahoe, it may have to do with Spotlight and reindexing the system.

 

[tenjikuronin]

Upgraded the iPad and iPhone, definitely waiting for the Macs though. The stuff that made it to release is ridiculous.

Upgraded one of my machines and...no sir, I don't like it. At best things are at a similar level as Sequoia and that's definitely not the case everywhere.

Lot of people saying we'll get used to it, but you can also get used to underwear that's too tight or daily beatings, doesn't mean you should.

 

[Cape Dave]

Upgraded one of my machines and...no sir, I don't like it. At best things are at a similar level as Sequoia and that's definitely not the case everywhere.

Lot of people saying we'll get used to it, but you can also get used to underwear that's too tight or daily beatings, doesn't mean you should.

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

 

[cool11]

I run local web server on my mac.
Before upgrading to tahoe, localhost url worked properly in most browsers.
Now it does not.
Safari, Chrome, Opera, refuse to open localhost url. Some browsers display a message of 'wrong url', while others no error message at all.
The only browser that still works well, it is firefox.
But I need to be able to open local url to the other browsers too.
What Tahoe changed regarding this topic, that affected almost all browsers except one?

 

[Macbookey]

How does one delete App Store apps, since you can't click-and-hold on the icon? Is it really just drag to the trash now?

Macmost tutorial

With Launchpad gone, some of these methods may be more useful.