Susan Kare, “Sketches for Graphic User Interface Icon” (detail) (1982), ink on graph paper, on view in ‘This Is for Everyone’ at MoMA (gift of the designer, 2015, photo by the author for Hyperallergic ...

With macOS 26, Apple has announced a dramatically new look to their UI: Liquid Glass. Solid material icon elements give way to softer, shinier, glassier icons. The rounded rectangle became slightly ...

Apple's macOS Tahoe faces backlash for menu icons, echoing 1992 guidelines against clutter. Software engineer Nikita Prokopov ...

OS Tahoe app icons came under fire late last year with commenters describing them as “terrible” and “objectively bad.” ...

macOS Tahoe quietly retires the old Mac drive icon in favor of a sleeker, SSD-inspired design. Tuesday's developer beta release of macOS Tahoe 26 brought a bit of sad news. The old Macintosh HD icon ...

What if the apps you use every day suddenly felt fresher, more intuitive, and visually striking? Apple’s latest redesign of its app icons is doing just that—redefining how users interact with their ...

Susan Kare's work on the icons for the original Mac in the 1980s is now the subject of a macOS Sequoia screensaver and wallpaper. As expected, macOS Sequoia has added at least one wallpaper that ...

Apple reversed one of its most controversial design changes. As a general rule, you shouldn’t install beta versions of new Apple software on devices you depend on. If you do, you should do so with the ...