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Apple Seeds Eighth Beta of macOS Tahoe to Developers

Apple today provided developers with the eighth beta of macOS Tahoe 26 for testing purposes, with the update coming a week after the seventh beta.

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Registered developers can download the new beta software through the System Settings app.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ features Apple's Liquid Glass redesign, which extends across all of the new updates this year. Apple also brought the Phone and Journal apps to the Mac for the first time, and introduced a new cross-platform Games app.

With the update, Apple overhauled how Spotlight works, enabling new functionality that allows it to be used to complete all kinds of actions like sending emails without having to open up an app. There are also changes to a number of apps, including Messages, Safari, and Notes.

All of the new features that are included in ‌macOS Tahoe‌ are outlined in our dedicated roundup. ‌macOS Tahoe‌ is set to launch this fall.

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Top Rated Comments

q64ceo Avatar
14 months ago
Liquid glass doesn't bother me as much as the overly roundness of everything does. So much wasted space.
Score: 20 Votes (Like | Disagree)
xgman Avatar
14 months ago
I don't like liquid glass one bit, but I guess we are stuck with it for a while. It's like OSX's Vista.. ugh
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
14 months ago
I think MacOS Tahoe looks so childish with all those rounded corners.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
14 months ago

Give us more liquid glass on Mac.
*less and a way to remove all the dumb, inconsistent corner radius across the entire system. Sequoia was fine.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
nutmac Avatar
14 months ago
I am frankly more bothered by the bigger rounded corner radius and floating toolbar icons. Liquid Glass is fairly subtle enough otherwise. Also, Apple is going to take the squircle icon jail right?
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
14 months ago
From Brent Simmons

And so I seriously dislike the experience of using a Mac with Liquid Glass. The UI has become the star, but the drunken star, blurry, illegible, and physically unstable. It makes making things way more of a struggle than it used to be.

https://inessential.com/2025/08/25/tough-season.html
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)