macOS 27 Golden Gate Reverses a Divisive Tahoe Design Choice (opens in new tab)

In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple has removed many of the menu item icons that are so prevalent throughout macOS 26 Tahoe, as spotted by (via ). The developer shared before-and-after screenshots on Mastodon to evidence the reversal. Menu item icons in macOS 26 (left) vs. macOS 27 (image: Nikita Prokopov) Tahoe was the first version of macOS to place a small icon next to nearly every entry in the menu bar across Apple's apps, but the change drew swift criticism from designers and developers. Many...