Great News: Buh-bye Liquid Glass!

[MacGizmo]

I don't know if it has been mentioned here or elsewhere in the forums, but the latest version of the free TinkerTool app effectively allows you to turn off Tahoe's Liquid Glass interface and returns you to the Sequoia interface in apps that use it – including Music, Mail, Safari, Calendar, Notes, Reminders, and of course the Finder.

 

[bogdanw]

See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/do-you-like-liquid-glass-on-mac.2462862/post-34204144

 

[MacGizmo]

See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/do-you-like-liquid-glass-on-mac.2462862/post-34204144

Yeah, I saw that. I see a bunch of terminal commands, but no mention of (at the time I read it) TinkerTool's one click solution.

 

[bogdanw]

The Terminal commands are discussed in the thread to explain what the app does when you click the buttons.

When you mention TinkerTool, or any other such app, include a link to the official website so that people don’t end up installing malware. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/tinker-tool-malware-problem.2463235/

 

[MacGizmo]

The Terminal commands are discussed in the thread to explain what the app does when you click the buttons.

When you mention TinkerTool, or any other such app, include a link to the official website so that people don’t end up installing malware. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/tinker-tool-malware-problem.2463235/

Yes, I understand what it was doing, and for many people knowing the individual terminal commands for individual apps is both educational and handy. But like most people, I prefer a one-click solution that turns Glass off completely from the entire system (as much as can be done, anyway) all at once, with one single checkbox.

 

[thebart]

Link to download https://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/download.php

I tried it out and changing it to Sequoia appearance did nothing. I even rebooted. I ran

defaults read -g com.apple.SwiftUI.DisableSolarium

and verified that it had set that to 1.

I just updated to 26.1 beta 2. So I think maybe Apple already "fixed" it.