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 ...

Apple released a new developer beta build of macOS 26 Tahoe today, and it came with another big update for a familiar icon. The old Macintosh HD hard drive icon, for years represented by a facsimile ...

You can buy them in the form of expensive, limited-edition jewelry and as mechanical keyboard caps. You can buy them in the form of expensive, limited-edition jewelry and as mechanical keyboard caps.

Apple has been updating some classic Mac icons during the macOS Tahoe beta, upsetting some longtime Mac users who prefer the original look. In beta 5, Apple changed the design of the built-in Mac ...

It turns out Apple TV isn’t the only new icon in today’s 26.1 beta 3 OS releases. Remember the controversial hard drive icon in macOS Tahoe from over the summer? Apple shipped the design, but it looks ...

On today’s developer beta release of macOS Tahoe 26, Apple replaced the old Macintosh HD icon, which depicted an actual hard disk drive, with a new SSD-looking icon. Here’s what it looks like. The old ...

Liquid Glass isn't just coming to your iPhone-- It's coming to just about every Apple product with a screen you can think of, including your Mac. MacOS 26 Tahoe will bring the design overhaul, which ...

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 ...

You don't have to settle for hundreds of identical blue folders. Every folder on macOS looks the same—a boring blue representation of a paper file. That makes browsing a folder full of folders harder ...