macOS 26 Tahoe made some polarizing design choices that evoked strong responses from critics. While the new design in macOS 27 Golden Gate is still all about Liquid Glass, Apple’s new Mac operating system corrects a lot of the mistakes Tahoe made.
Here’s how Apple describes the “design refinements” found in macOS 27 Golden Gate:
Updates to Liquid Glass ensure exceptional readability with more uniform refraction and improved contrast. Uniform toolbars, edge-to-edge sidebars, and updated window shapes and menu bar icons deliver a more refined design. And a new slider lets you easily customize how Liquid Glass looks, from ultraclear to fully tinted.
Liquid Glass slider
macOS 27’s Liquid Glass slider is the most significant in terms of giving users control over the system appearance. Liquid Glass isn’t just a choice between Tinted and Clear now. The slider lets you dial in the precise amount of translucent warping or tinted consistency in Liquid Glass elements.
