Ignore the haters – Apple’s Liquid Glass theme is one of my favorite parts of macOS Tahoe
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If you have tried it AppleS MacOS Tahoe Developer Beta – or just looked at the most recent of the company Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) Stream – Chances are that you have some opinions about the new Re -design liquid glass. The visual overhaul comes to almost every Apple device, so love it or hate it, you will have to get used to it.
In his last Power on newsletterBloomberg Reporter and the renowned apple maker Mark Gurman has shared some thoughts over liquid glass. Although he was impressed by the design on iOS, he was less in love with it elsewhere and stated that liquid glass’ is pointless on the Apple Watch And less impressive on non-touch devices such as Macs. “
It follows one Previous edition of Power Onwhere Gurman said that liquid glass “is not very impressive on Macs” because of their lack of OLED and touchscreen options. He also felt that it is “less logical on a TV on a big screen.”
After my own tests, however, I don’t agree – I think that macOS is the best platform so far for liquid glass, and that a larger display helps to reduce some of the most important problems with the new look. For me, the implementation on macOS is much less difficult than on iOS.
Certainly, maybe the design would look better on one OLED MACBut because they do not yet exist and I have no stand -alone OLED monitor, I am happy with what it looks like. In my eyes, the Best MacBooks and Macs are where liquid glass really shines so far.
Rejecting overlaps
To understand why Liquid Glass immediately feels at home on a Mac, you first have to understand the problems that the redesign is confronted with iOS.
Unlike macOS, iOS must exist on many smaller screens, and that means that there are many more overlapping elements involved. The control center, the reporting popups and app folders all appear on top of other objects on the screen, where they are forced to share space in a way they are not on a larger Mac display. So far I have discovered that these overlaps often make it difficult to read text on the screen, especially if the image behind it is clear or complex.
With macOS, your larger display means that there are probably fewer overlapping elements, so that this problem is prevented. With more room to breathe, it doesn’t really matter whether the glassy effects make certain things more difficult to read if there is nothing among them in the first place.
The moments when liquid glass uses full transparency in macOS Tahoe – such as when you open the control center – there are little in between. In most cases you can adjust the amount of transparency. Control center is even one of the few occasions where you should use the entire glass effect.
And yet, thanks to the larger screen of the Mac, it is rare that all this overlaps on the screen below. When it covers something, it is less a problem because Apple has added a drop shadow behind the control center, so it stands out. It is not perfect, but it feels less reprehensible than on iOS.
At home on macOS
Having more screen real estate offers different benefits. One of my favorite aspects of liquid glass is, for example, the transparent dock. I hold my Dock icons instead of using one of the translucent options that Apple offers, and that results in a series of clear, colorful icons resting on a clear glass slate. It looks beautiful, especially with the standard blue background of macOS Tahoe. Of course the Dock from iOS 26 can do this too, but it can only contain a handful of icons. The dock in macOS is much larger, which gives me much more eye candy to enjoy.
In other words, I get the subtle effects of liquid glass without making all my icons transparent (and therefore more difficult to see). I am not a fan of the ‘totally clear’ effect – that is too much glass to my taste – and the use of the new design adjustments in moderation really helps the Mac the best place for the redesign of Apple.
And it is not only iOS that is surpassed by the implication of the Mac of liquid glass – Watchos 26 does too. Take App -Work Balkens, who have a new translucent blasting effect. This works better than liquid glass on Watchos, where I have discovered that this cure effect makes it very difficult to see certain figures in the fitness app. I did not come across such annoyances on my Mac.
I have previously written about how liquid glass gave me a welcome nostalgia trip to the days of the Aeroshema In Windows Vista and Windows 7. After a few weeks of use about macOS, iOS and Watchos, I can say that the implementation of liquid glass on macOS is my favorite on the platforms. Maybe I like it because it reminds me of that old Windows theme, or maybe I like it just because it feels like it’s the most at home on a Mac. Anyway, it just feels much more natural in macOS than anywhere else.
Every year Apple uses the beta period to make many changes to the new functions, and there is no doubt that Liquid Glass will see a large number of adjustments between now and the full version release later in the year. That may mean that it will be much more viable in the coming months, and given my frustrations with liquid glass in iOS and Watchos so far, I hope that it turns out to be true.
For now, however, I am very happy with the new look from Apple on macOS – even if I have desired improvements elsewhere everywhere.
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