macOS Tahoe Beta 2 Brings Back Classic Finder Color Scheme

[MacRumors]

In the initial macOS Tahoe beta, Apple swapped the colors of the Finder icon, a longtime Mac classic. Rather than featuring blue on the left side of the face and light blue on the right side, the icon was primarily white and the right side of the face was blue.

macOS Tahoe Finder icon in beta 2​

The updated Finder look was a significant deviation from the design that Apple has used for Finder since 1996, and many Mac users were unhappy with the change. Apple had tweaked the Finder colors and design slightly over the years, but the first Tahoe beta marked the first significant change that we've seen because of the decision to put the darker color on the right.

Apple has now reverted the Finder icon to a more traditional color scheme, while keeping the Liquid Glass look. The left side of the face is blue, while the lighter side is a white/blue gradient that has a layered, glass-like appearance.

macOS Tahoe Finder icon in beta 1​

The icon isn't the same as the version in macOS Sequoia because it doesn't use an even color split, but it's much closer to the original design while still looking fresh.

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[User 6502]

God forbids Apple change anything whatsoever. It really must make sure nothing changes and the new systems are as bland and boring as possible. Next they’ll change the name to macOS Same

 

[theluggage]

Rather than featuring blue on the left side of the face and light blue on the right side, the icon was primarily white and the right side of the face was blue.

Well, I hope that will be our last battlefield.

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[shahrlee]

tbh I prefer beta 1

 

[Northgrove]

God forbids Apple change anything whatsoever. It really must make sure nothing changes and the new systems are as bland and boring as possible. Next they’ll change the name to macOS Same

Apple changes quite a bit in this UX revision, from styling to best practices/recommendations in design. This is just 1 icon with heavy cultural baggage so no wonder it can be a sensitive subject.

 

[klasma]

This helps distinguishing the odd from the even betas.

 

[coolfactor]

The new Finder icon did appear strikingly different, and not better. I'm glad they reverted this.

The Finder icon has always been an odd duck, and I'm glad they are retaining it at all, since they could change it to a boring Home icon, in the name of consistency.

 

[Corefile]

I'm not sure if I'll be upgrading to Tahoe.

 

[ZipZilla]

Bring back the Classic 'platinum' look of OS 8/9!

 

[LightProtector]

I'm not biased towards the OG, but it looks better now imo.

 

[jole]

Great — the beta1 look was not great.

 

[orbital~debris]

We got back on the right timeline 👏

 

[tennisproha]

Again Beta 1 looks WAY better! Apple needs to stop making design changes based on people's hot takes lol.

The bigger issue is they got rid of Finders greek nose lol. BRING BACK FINDERS GREEK NOSE IN BETA 3!

 

[WestonHarvey1]

That's it, I'm switching to Linux.

 

[Lioness~]

About time 🥳

 

[staypuftforums]

That's it, I'm switching to Linux.

Linux kinda sucks, to be honest.

 

[jarman92]

Did this change really need a whole article? I didn’t see a problem with inverting the colors in Beta 1

Yeah people were pretty mad. And understandably so, the icon has been instantly recognizable for like 40 years and there was no reasonable justification for inverting the colors.

 

[Royksöpp]

All is (almost) right in the universe. I expect the old cursors will make a comeback as well, because that bland hand pointer can’t compare to good old Mickey Mouse.

 

[rappr]

Apple should know by now no one hates change more than Mac users.

 

[jole]

Apple should know by now no one hates change more than Mac users.

In all fairness, Mac is pretty good. No need to change much

iPadOS on the other hand...

 

[Andres Cantu]

Too bad for all of Apple's recorded videos from WWDC! They'll all have the old icon.

 

[GrassShark]

Apple should know by now no one hates change more than Mac users.

Change for the purpose of improvement is fine — even if it's a misstep, you can often see the vision they were shooting for.
Change for the sake of change almost always sucks.

Personally, I didn't mind the colour flip as much as I do the weird Phantom of the Opera half-mask they've gone with. It's not a big deal either way,I just don't get the purpose of it.

 

[MrENGLISH]

Either way looks fine to me. But I think Beta 1’s style matches the liquid glass UI look better which I’m guessing is why they had made the swap in the first place.

 

[jbc25]

The new Finder icon did appear strikingly different, and not better. I'm glad they reverted this.

The Finder icon has always been an odd duck, and I'm glad they are retaining it at all, since they could change it to a boring Home icon, in the name of consistency.

Yeah, I'm honestly surprised they've kept the icon for this long. While I like it, it doesn't really make "sense" in the way the other icons do. It certainly doesn't say anything about file management. But there's something about that familiar smiling face that makes using the Mac a little more pleasant and human. I'm glad they've kept it.

 

[mcbumbersnazzle]

God forbids Apple change anything whatsoever. It really must make sure nothing changes and the new systems are as bland and boring as possible. Next they’ll change the name to macOS Same

Actually yes, they should, in fact they should go further and revert back to OS X Mavericks or better yet Mac OS X Snow Leopard and scrap everything after 2015, flat design redesign. At least Spotlight actually works back then. Who cares about "changes" if everything barely works on a computer 10x faster than one a decade ago?