macOS Golden Gate icon comparison

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.

Re: macOS Golden Gate icon comparison

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Post by Grombobulous » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 4:13 AM UTC

csouers wrote: post #3

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.

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.

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Post by piekvorst » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC

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.

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Post by ivell » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 5:48 AM UTC

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.

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Post by Citizen_Lame » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC

avgDev wrote: post #2

Enhance. More sharp.

Make no mistake!

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Post by boobsbr » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

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

Re: macOS Golden Gate icon comparison

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Post by butlike » Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC

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.