alt.hn

6/29/2026 at 10:45:33 PM

macOS Golden Gate icon comparison

 https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macos-golden-gate-icon-comparison

by tzmlab

6/30/2026 at 5:48:56 AM

I used to look forward to MacOS upgrades. Nowadays I dread it. Spotlight used to be great for quick look up of files, now it is pretty much useless for me. I am back to using finder and manually looking up files.

I hope things would improve and not degrade further. The updated icons is going in the right direction. More clarity and less useless effects.

by ivell

7/1/2026 at 1:48:21 AM

New Spotlight is impressively unusable. It seems to have taken lessons (derogatory) from the Windows 10+11 Start Menu search.

by glaslong

6/30/2026 at 3:41:30 AM

That "Stocks" icon is bizarre -- imagine a stocks app where the marker indicating the queried position on a trendline actually had that superfluous refraction effect on it.

by gfaure

6/30/2026 at 1:40:05 PM

I love the upgrade, except Siri and iPhone Mirroring. Siri looks like outlined monotone Pepsi, and --- transparent glassy rectangle as a Phone? It's way too abstract (who can see the tiny line at the bottom?)

I appreciate the address update on Mail App.

by gianthard

6/30/2026 at 1:01:38 PM

I feel like I need to wear glasses to look at the Tahoe icons. They seem blurry or smudged, out of focus.

by boobsbr

6/30/2026 at 7:10:50 PM

It's easy to beat up on Apple, but the new icons are like the "jellybean" glass effect filter was removed. I feel like Apple listened to the complaints and are making the right adjustments here.

by _nickwhite

6/30/2026 at 1:32:20 PM

The new Image Playground one captured my imagination. Good job. I can see how the old icon is confusing with Siri or Apple Intelligence or whatever it's called.

by butlike

6/30/2026 at 3:15:30 AM

I like it. More contrast in most areas. Better defined. What Tahoe should have been.

The new Siri icon is meh though. Didn’t know what it was at first.

by csouers

6/30/2026 at 4:13:47 AM

Yeah...it's not like Siri ever had a great icon, but the new one looks like nothing.

Overall though, these seem like nice icons. They make the old ones look blurry in a bad way, although I'm sure the effect is mostly comparative.

by Grombobulous

6/30/2026 at 5:25:28 AM

It’s unfortunate that we can’t settle on an icon set for at least a decade. Constantly changing the icons misses the very point of their function: instant recognition.

This is partly why I’ve escaped to text-only interfaces and monochrome icons wherever possible. Granted, it’s not ideal, but sticking with the icons offers no advantage.

by piekvorst

6/30/2026 at 2:06:05 AM

Enhance. More sharp.

by avgDev

6/30/2026 at 10:58:15 AM

Make no mistake!

by Citizen_Lame