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Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC

Source: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/116262411548746327 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47468034)

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by reddalo » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

andy_ppp wrote: post #6

Usually I like Apple’s OS updates but Tahoe is absolutely awful from the glass to the noddy sizing of everything. MacOS does not have to harmonise with VisionOS at all and it’s been a disaster for macOS to try.

I agree. Tahoe is disgustingly unusable; I'm happy that Alan Dye left Apple.

I hope Apple will backtrack on Liquid Glass after Tahoe. Otherwise, I'll just switch to Linux.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by watt » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC

hyperhello wrote: post #10

Etheryte wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is not what the article is about though?

It could have used a screen shot.

Read Tonsky for that. https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/ a disgrace. https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/writing_direction@2x.webp...

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by reddalo » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC

0xFEE1DEAD wrote: post #4

john_alan wrote: post #2

Great now just need the same for the window corners and ridiculous Finder overlays.

Exactly. I blame apple for making me run an old macOS version because I don't want to look at this ugly mess they've created. I've been running macOS since 2008, and unless they manage to turn things around, my next laptop won't be an apple.

I agree. I also tried Tahoe, and reverted back to Sequoia right away.

Either Apple is going to turn things around, or I'm done with Apple for good.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by hooch » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:21 PM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #9

Related: It's hard to justify Tahoe icons https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497712

it's as if the icons get added by a lazy LLM prompt during CI

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by zahirbmirza » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC

I still miss launchpad. Which is made worse by the fact the spotlight has become terrible.

Safari is unusable due to some weird sync that happens whenever I open a new window ( i dont use tabs) and adding bookmarks takes about 10-15 seconds.

Please Apple, help? Apple seem to have lost their cultish drive to satisfy UI obsessive like me who often didn't even know what we wanted until they gave it to us. Now, we know what we want, but Apple can't give it to us.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by xoxxala » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:24 PM UTC

Oh, thank you for posting this. Just ran the Terminal command and it’s a vast improvement.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by neom » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:26 PM UTC

I was really happy when they added the pictures! Dyslexia, the icons are 100% faster for me, I don't use those menus often enough to know what is in there word wise, but I can read the icons super fast.

Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by theturtle » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 10:42 PM UTC

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Re: Hide macOS Tahoe's Menu Icons

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Post by cosmotic » Sat, Mar 21, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC

neom wrote: post #18

I was really happy when they added the pictures! Dyslexia, the icons are 100% faster for me, I don't use those menus often enough to know what is in there word wise, but I can read the icons super fast.

How can you read the icons if they mean different things in different apps?