macOS Tahoe 26.3 Release Candidate Now Available

build number is 25D122

others out today:

macOS 15.7.4 RC 4 (24G517)
macOS 14.8.4 RC 4 (23J319)
iOS 26.3 RC 1 (23D125)
iOS 18.7.5 RC 1 (22H311)
iPadOS 26.3 RC 1 (23D125)
iPadOS 18.7.5 RC 1 (22H311)
watchOS 26.3 RC 1 (23S618)
visionOS 26.3 RC 1 (23N619)
tvOS 26.3 RC 1 (23K619)
audioOS 26.3 RC 1 (23K619)

Tahoe? From the perspective of design, Apple seemingly has entered an era of overfixing and misimproving of what's already proven to be well working. Sometimes you have to leave things as they are, because they are good enough.

Just got it too! LOL.

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Hmm. 26.3 RC seems broken. NSWindow objects with with certain styleMask configurations cannot be interacted with or resized etc. What is happening? How can such major changes in how stuff work (since ages...) happen in a .3 update's RC (even compared to beta3)? Or are these bugs? Either way, this is weird.

Update: I think it's not just me - tried some other apps I know to use some creative UI, they seem to be broken as well + tried an installation on a separate Mac with same results. I hope this is a bug and not a feature, Apple will issue a quick follow-up version with a fix, otherwise some app developers will face a crowd of angry users when ppl start upgrading to 26.3. :)

Update 2: Apple confirmed the issue ('https://developer.apple.com/forums//thread/814798?answerId=875066022#875066022'). Hopefully there will be a fix. It's a very specific problem, most other apps are fine of course but many are affected.

Surprised they released it before announcing the M5 Pro/Max MacBooks. I thought they were holding it back as to not leak info before they’re announced.

I think this might mean we’re going to be waiting a while for the new MacBooks.

overfixing and misimproving

misimproving ftw! How have I never considered, used, or heard of this word before?! I just looked up misimprove ('https://onelook.com/?loc=thes3&w=misimprove') and while some say it goes back to 1913 it also appears in an 1828 dictionary ('https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/misimprove') too! Wow, it's a timeless concept I guess! In this age of misinformation and disinformation, where mis- is unintentional and and dis- is purposeful and malicious, this seems relevant.

With that logic: Does disimprovement = enshi✝ification? 🤑 15 years ago I was pretty annoyed (and still am) when Apple stripped the color from Finder's sidebar. I still wonder if it was mis or dis-improvement? Over-zealous Apple UI designer or something more nefarious to drive iCloud services? See Lion’s grey sidebar is a Jedi mind trick ('https://www.brunerd.com/blog/2011/09/27/lions-grey-sidebar-is-a-jedi-mind-trick/')

Anyway "overfixing" is pretty good too but misimproving is gold! 🏅