Performance boosts, stunning visuals, apps, and known issues. Everything you need to know about the latest beta.

Macworld You’ve read a lot about the macOS 26 interface this summer, but it’s not just menus and buttons that will be different on the Mac later this year. Apple is taking advantage of the Liquid Glass introduction to bring some new icon designs to the Mac as well to help give macOS a fresh look.

Apple is about to unveil the next version of macOS, and we've already heard some compelling reports and rumors about what it's called and how it will work. Here's everything we've heard so far.

The new icon, spotted by 9to5Mac, is based on the modern depiction of a solid-state drive. Between its rounded edges and the undeniable, large Apple logo in the front, it really does set itself apart from the old one.

Author’s Note: Apple released the public beta of macOS 26 Tahoe last Thursday, two days after developer beta 4. Instead of rushing a preview of Tahoe to publication at the risk of missing important aspects of the release, I chose to spend the time necessary to thoroughly test Tahoe first. A year ago, the macOS

As for the Tahoe part, MacOS 26 is not named after a Chevy truck. It continues Apple's tradition, starting in 2013 with Mavericks, of naming its Mac operating system after a scenic area of California.

MacOS Tahoe 26 has an all new updated interface appearance that Apple calls Liquid Glass, and with that comes a glassy watery default wallpaper pair in both light with blue hues and dark with more

There’s a section on Apple’s macOS 26 preview site that reads “Calm in the brainstorm.” The tagline introduces the