Link to: https://leancrew.com/all-this/2026/07/old-icons/
App Icon Conventions From the Original Macintosh
Dr. Drang, in a post replete with examples of icons of popular apps from the original Macintosh, in their one-bit glory:
You can see that Apple liked the idea of app icons being a
tilted rectangle with some image inside the rectangle to
indicate what the app did. The hand was Apple’s way of telling
Shape was often the most iconic thing about an icon. Now it’s no part at all.
App icons in MacOS are not mere buttons. You can drag them, move them, and drop things on them. You click them to select, and…
Link to: https://daringfireball.net/2026/07/whats_good_for_the_ios_goose_is_often_not_good_for_the_macos_gander
The Clear and Tinted icon options in macOS 26 and iOS 26 might look stylish, but they make identifying individual apps nearly…
Link to: https://basicappleguy.com/basicappleblog/macos-golden-gate-icon-comparison
Link to: https://onefoottsunami.com/2025/11/05/tahoes-terrible-icons/
