Apple MacOS Tahoe 26: Top New Features to Try

I was not so Enthusiastic MacOS update for a long time, but with MacOS Tahoe 26, we finally get a comprehensive repair. Between visual redesign and some exciting professional features, there is something for everyone to try in MacOS Tahoe 26, including one feature that Mac NERDS will love. Now that the general beta version came out, I installed and tested some new features myself.

Make sure to review the full bastard of all that Apple announced in June at WWDC 2025.

Updated in July 2025: We have added details about the general experimental version.

Liquid glass

Photo: Luke Larsen

Some time has passed since we had a good controversy for Apple design. Liquid glass is the latest cause of anger, and Apple realizes this time. “Motif Visual”, as it calls it Apple, is the primary change in this year’s updates to the company’s operating systems, and it is already under some severe scrutiny since the announcement.

Transparency is not new; In fact, there was already a lot of it in McCos. But Tahoe creates transparency to another level, in a way that makes it feel bold. The current “flat” design of MacOS was introduced for the first time in 2014 with Yosemite, which had an anti -flower approach in the menus, and instead you prefer the text and simple shapes in the user interface. With liquid glass, the tide is converted again, while returning the buttons to help the objects to emerge from the very low strip of lists and facades. These buttons and outlines are highlighted by glass -like limits, which give them a simple three -dimensional effect. This part I love.

The best demonstration for this is in the menu bar and control center. The control center was already in a state of chaos, so I appreciate the simplest new appearance, which exchanges retail layers in a series of circular buttons. And yes, transparency is very noticeable, it relies heavily on the effect of frozen glass to maintain any kind of clarity. The entire menu bar disappears completely across the top now, which Apple indicates when it says it makes the screen feel bigger. I must agree there, as long as you have a relatively simple background that does not block the text. The mini tools have the same effect, although it is interesting, when the wallpaper changed the walls, fills the background and removes transparency. It is a necessary concession.

Photo: Luke Larsen

If you use a Mac every day as I do, many smaller changes are what clearly gives him his new feeling. The symbols are what you will notice first, which begins the controversy. In fact, he was tampered with, in fact, although he was not turned in the original concept. The colors are somewhat different, and there are nice modern limits around them to match other symbols.

The angle radius has been expanded over almost everything from the buttons to Windows, giving everything stronger cohesion and lonely feeling. It will take some getting used to Finder, but I love what designed Safari with the floating bar on the top.

In general, aesthetic changes on MacOS had no great impact as on the IOS operating system, as liquid glass has proven to be a already a little more problem, to the point that Apple has already begun to experience contact with it. There will inevitably be areas that Apple may need to improve vision, but I think implementation in MacOS Tahoe is relatively benign.

There are some changes in the smaller design, such as the ability to change the color of the folders or add expressive symbols to them. The control center, located higher in the menu bar, is completely transparent. More importantly, Apple added tons more customization so that you can add more fast settings to change. You can even add specific settings in common use applications such as zooming.

MacOS Tahoe also brings a design disk that came to iPhone last year: Tint for Icons, which applies a uniform look to all symbols simultaneously. Frankly, I was surprised by this came to MacOS, because he did not receive the auditors well. The preparation for this can be found under the appearance in the system settings, and it is given myself, it has not changed my opinion. It is vulgar as it was on iOS.

Main lights update

This is the advantage that you have been very excited to try since its announcement, and it is recognized that there a lot Therefore. The Spotlight tool has always been one of my favorite features in MacOS, and I was waiting to move Apple to the next level. In Tahoe, it is borrowed from the famous Mac application, Alfred, but it exceeds in terms of integration. It is more intelligent at almost every level, or offers applications, documents, or even the history of the preservative. I can actually know how useful it is, even in a short time of using it so far. The history of the preservative must be more practical use until now, even if it is not the full feature like alfred.

Spotlight can so far can perform the system procedures and procedures within the application, such as playing podcast or start registration. You can even fill parameters like who you send an email to – Again, in the spotlight! I will be the first to admit that I still need to explore what I will rely on. But I can Feel The capabilities.

But wait, there is more. There are even quick switches that you can use to accelerate things more. Write “SM” to send a message or “A” to create a reminder. Think about the next level key orders with these. You can also prepare your fast keys, also expand capabilities and customization. For example, you can prepare fast keys to take action within the application you use, allowing you to quickly prepare from the keyboard. It is for the Mac NERDS who already knows every main matter, and I cannot wait for his experience.

Interestingly, as part of the focus on the lights, the Apple Launchpad store briefly replaced new applications in the dock. This is a change I love. Launchpad was a acquisition on a full screen, which was a little angry. For this reason I often found myself using lights to open applications often. Based on this change in MacOS Tahoe, I think I am not the only one.

Amnesty International shortcuts

Shines can be a truly strong way to automate tasks on your Mac. With MacOS Tahoe, it is promoted by Apple Intelligence, which allows you to prepare shortcuts such as summarizing the text or creating images. You can even take advantage of Chatgpt (or the nervous engine on the device) if necessary, preparing chains of procedures that may be very useful. For example, you can create a shortcut that compares notes from the text in notes from a lecture with an audio copy, then summarizes the differences using Apple intelligence.

New procedures in shortcuts.

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