macOS Golden Gate icon comparison

tzmlab 20 points 6 comments June 29, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (5 comments)

avgDev

Enhance. More sharp.

csouers

I like it. More contrast in most areas. Better defined. What Tahoe should have been. The new Siri icon is meh though. Didn’t know what it was at first.

gfaure

That "Stocks" icon is bizarre -- imagine a stocks app where the marker indicating the queried position on a trendline actually had that superfluous refraction effect on it.

piekvorst

It’s unfortunate that we can’t settle on an icon set for at least a decade. Constantly changing the icons misses the very point of their function: instant recognition. This is partly why I’ve escaped to text-only interfaces and monochrome icons wherever possible. Granted, it’s not ideal, but sticking with the icons offers no advantage.

ivell

I used to look forward to MacOS upgrades. Nowadays I dread it. Spotlight used to be great for quick look up of files, now it is pretty much useless for me. I am back to using finder and manually looking up files. I hope things would improve and not degrade further. The updated icons is going in the right direction. More clarity and less useless effects.

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