Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
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Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
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Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
#2Tahoe is such a criminal worsening of UI quality, it really is worrisome that Apple is proudly releasing it.
If this kind of software trend continues in 2026, it might be the first time I take a serious look at Linux distros on Mac.
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#3Perhaps the thing I hate most about Tahoe is the embedded rounded rectangle around the menu inside of the larger rounded rectangle window. They're trying to go for this look of a menu floating above the rest of the window it belongs to, but it just looks sloppy to me in dark mode.
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#4Tahoe has to be the worst software Apple has released in three decades. It's unbelievable it got through. If Macs and macOS were not a tiny portion of their revenue I would short the stock.
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#5its very odd that apparently everyone working in Apple software dev either refuses to dogfood this stuff or just uses iPads for everything.
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#6Adding insult to injury, my fans are constantly going now because I have to pay for this disastrous upgrade with tons more resources.
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#7Tahoe is such a criminal worsening of UI quality, it really is worrisome that Apple is proudly releasing it. If this kind of software trend continues in 2026, it might be the first time I take a serious look at Linux distros on Mac.
Installed Mint on my GAMING Windows system, uninstalled Steam on Windows. All is well.
While at it, nuked my old MacBook Pro and Air with Mint too - not like they are getting updates anyway.
It can be done, it should be done. These commercial operating systems have enshitified to a critical point and are beyond repair.
Re: Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
#8Tahoe is such a criminal worsening of UI quality, it really is worrisome that Apple is proudly releasing it. If this kind of software trend continues in 2026, it might be the first time I take a serious look at Linux distros on Mac.
Installed Mint on my GAMING Windows system, uninstalled Steam on Windows. All is well. While at it, nuked my old MacBook Pro and Air with Mint too - not like they are getting updates anyway. It can be done, it should be done. These commercial operating systems have enshitified to a critical point and are beyond repair.
The thing that’s weird about this though is it isn’t enshitification. I don’t want to defend the worsening of software quality/ux/ui for monetary gain but at least it’s somewhat rational. This is not a change that emphasizes profit driven changes over user driven ones. Maybe I’m missing some profit motive but it just seems like an awful design choice.
Edit: Not to disagree though. I too have a Linux gaming pc and are helping friends do the same.
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#9Since macOS went to a yearly cadence, I usually upgrade during Christmas break, this allows for a couple of point releases to work out the kinks. I won’t be upgrading this year. I hope macOS 27 fixes this abomination. Otherwise, this 30+ year Mac user will be moving on…
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#10I just hope that my current Mac keeps being usable long enough that Liquid Glass has been fixed or replaced entirely by the time I'm forced to upgrade to whatever's shipping on my next computer.