It's also happening on my non-Apple 240Hz display. I just tried it with minimizing and bringing back my browser window. I never noticed it before. Now I can't unsee it again. 🙈
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Apple Releases macOS Tahoe 26.2 With Edge Light
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It's also happening on my non-Apple 240Hz display. I just tried it with minimizing and bringing back my browser window. I never noticed it before. Now I can't unsee it again. 🙈
My M4 iMac seems to have been doing this since the Tahoe update, and it seems to be related to HDR images (it does it a lot in Photos and Safari). I also noticed that changing brightness using the keys produced a similar flickering effect compared to the normal smooth transition. I used the Developer menu in Safari to disable HDR and it seems to have stopped it happening in there.
The brightness change seems to be smooth since the 26.2 update so I'm interested to see if the rest of the flickering goes away or becomes less noticeable.
I have a 240Hz OLED display. And it's happening even when HDR is completely turned off. I just tried it a few times with this tab open in LibreWolf without changing anything. It didn't happen every time. Maybe one out of 3-4.
It's even worse without HDR.
Hm interesting - I'm not even sure the iMac M4s have HDR capable panels (there is no setting to disable HDR system wide) so maybe something else is at play.
Some comments sound as if we were talking about an alpha version of macOS.
TBH, I feel like I'm still using a beta during one of those "rough times" releases.. It's going to be some time before anything comes to try and save the day, too. Dealing with some major issues still and over the holidays. Not fun.
I know there is generally a "this is the worst Mac OS ever" wave of opinions at launch but I don't remember as many stupid bugs or glaring UX regressions in a new version of Mac OS since 10.3, and that made up for it by being a lot faster than the previous one.
Not for nothing, that doesn't seem the general opinion is largely positive with Tahoe. I'm not on Tahoe, so I cannot say one way or another but I see a more balanced perspective on other social media platforms.
I agree.. I'm a very old school Mac user and supporter, and have still pushed through during the really bad times.. These recent updates, though, have left our entire family's set of iPhones to no longer work with CarPlay in either of our cars. I basically can't use the Photos app on my main use computer. I'm also finding out that maybe a bunch of files and documents on that same main use computer are not elsewhere? maybe? Who knows! It's a Christmas mystery I guess.
Many people don't even turn it on. Especially those with trust issues. And would like to see an option there: "Download updates, but let me decide if I need to install them"
Same here. Rock solid. Steering clear of 26 for the foreseeable future
Came here to see if this was fixed. Apparently not. The best part of Apple bugs is they hardly acknowledge them. When you trail Microsoft in communication and transparency is when you know you're doing it wrong.
What version are you on? .1 or .0? I just recently updated from 15 to 26.1 and it’s been fine, mostly. I only did it to get spatial voice memos to work across devices and get cpu improvements.
Both .0 and .1. I notice the machine is warm even sitting still. I don't much on it, other than Adobe Photoshop being the only 3rd party app. Even that opens way slower now.
Will see how it is in .2
MacOS 26 is stable and looks fine. It's the least "Liquid Glass" of all of their OSs, if that is a concern for you.
That is what you get when the guy in charge is only a cost cutter.
I waited until 26.1. Everything was fine. Now I upgrade to 26.2 and my regret is immeasurable..
