macOS 27 to Feature Biggest Design Overhaul in Years as Apple Prepares for WWDC

Liquid Glass critics, your prayers have been partially answered, though perhaps not in the way you might have hoped. Apple is not scrapping its controversial design language for macOS 27. Instead, the company is preparing what is being described by one Apple insider as a "slight redesign" that aims to sand down the roughest edges of the Liquid Glass interface that debuted with macOS Tahoe.

In his Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman reports that macOS 27 will specifically target the aggressive shadows and transparency effects that have frustrated Mac users over the past year. These visual hurdles stem largely from Liquid Glass being optimized for the high-contrast ratios of OLED displays. However, with a significant portion of the Mac lineup still utilizing IPS LCD panels, with high-end models featuring mini-LED backlighting, these translucency and reflective glass effects do not always render cleanly. The result has been a series of menus ...