Apple is preparing to roll out a “slight redesign” for the next version of macOS, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The update will feature a refinement of the Liquid Glass design language, cleaning up some of the rough edges seen in the Tahoe’s user interface.
This will apparently include adjustments to the use of transparency and shadows throughout the system, which should address some user criticism regarding poor contrast when using Tahoe apps.
According to Gurman, the Tahoe version of the new design was somewhat unfinished. The follow-up to macOS 27 will help deliver Liquid Glass on Mac as the design team originally intended.
Here is how Gurman describes the current situation:
In fact, the changes to macOS are intended to make Liquid Glass look the way Apple’s design team intended from the start. Last year’s operating systems didn’t necessarily suffer from design problems, I’m told, but rather from incomplete implementation on the part of Apple’s software engineering team.
On the face of it, if you hate the concept of Liquid Glass in general, you probably still won’t like macOS 27. But if you’re having specific readability issues on Mac, like perhaps with sidebar transparency, macOS 27 might just bring some changes that make you happy.
Apart from design changes, Apple will also use macOS 27 as an opportunity to improve software reliability and efficiency. Code cleanup is apparently a theme in new OS releases this year.
The big news will be the revamped Siri and other smaller improvements powered by upgrades to Apple’s artificial intelligence platform.
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