macOS Tahoe’s icons are a mess, but not the ones you think

Macworld

There have been a lot of complaints about Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe, drawing comparisons to the much-maligned Windows Vista. There’s also the issue of the app icons, which are now dull and characterless. But there’s a new reason to hate macOS Tahoe, one that you probably haven’t even noticed: It has too many damn menu icons.

While most people probably gloss over them, designer Jim Nielsen and software engineer Niki Tonsky point out that Apple decided that Tahoe needed more menu icons.