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Not a macOS 26 fan? Here’s how to block the alerts or downgrade

Not a macOS 26 fan – here's how to block the alerts or downgrade | Image shows a screen grab of the upgrade prompt against a colorful background

My personal view is that macOS 26 is a decent upgrade on balance, despite a few embarrassing mistakes. I also think that a minority of very vocal commenters have given a misleading impression about the level of opposition to the Liquid Glass update.

However, if you’ve decided not to upgrade, you’ll be pleased to know that you can stop your Mac nagging you to do so …

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With Apple Creator Studio, are Mac icons getting worse? [Poll]

With Apple Creator Studio, are Mac icons getting worse? | Original icons left, current ones middle, ACS versions right

Apple’s Mac icons in Tahoe have come under fire from quite a few people. Adjectives that have been applied to them include terrible, awful, amateurish, dumbed down, and objectively bad.

With the announcement of Apple Creator Studio, the company has gone even further in terms of minimal icons for its creative apps, provoking further controversy …

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Are the macOS 26 Tahoe icons ‘terrible’ and ‘objectively bad’? [Poll]

Are the MacOS 26 Tahoe icons 'terrible' and 'objectively bad' | Three examples shown on a bland gray background

Apple’s Liquid Glass design language has been controversial, to say the least. But it wasn’t just the glass-themed elements that came under fire. One of the macOS 26 Tahoe icons in particular came under fire, with Apple changing the Macintosh HD icon in response.

But some suggest the problems go deeper than this, with the macOS 26 icons as a whole described as “terrible” and “objectively bad” …

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