Well, since one cannot downgrade a new device I won't be buying a new iPhone or Mac this year.
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No Major Changes to Liquid Glass Expected Across iOS 27 and macOS 27
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I7guy
macrumors Westmere
You may have a defective product. iPadOS runs fairly flawlessly on my m5 iPad Pro.
That’s great! I love Liquid Glass. Best aesthetic design decision ever. 😊
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I7guy
macrumors Westmere
I just bought your allocation of the MacBook neo.😉
7thson
macrumors 65816
breather
macrumors 6502a
I like Liquid Glass, it just need a lot of refinement.
ProbablyDylan
macrumors 68040
kotaKat
macrumors regular
soooo this was a no sh*t sherlock update then out of the Guesser? of course they're not going to roll it back...
stay tuned next week for next sunday's "i have no new updates so i'm gonna guess the same predictable stuff i can always predict"!
stay tuned next week for next sunday's "i have no new updates so i'm gonna guess the same predictable stuff i can always predict"!
_Refurbished_
macrumors 68020
thefredelement
macrumors 65816
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Another year of Sequoia and iOS 18 / iPadOS 18 for me it is then!
This solidifies my decision to get a refurb M4 MBA.
This solidifies my decision to get a refurb M4 MBA.
HouseLannister
macrumors 68040
No, unfortunately Tim Cook still works there.
I love Liquid Glass feature. It makes my iPhone contents are so cinematically beautiful. So, glad that it will stay. Hopefully, forever. ❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍
Apple's new Liquid Glass interface introduced across iOS 26, macOS Tahoe, and its other latest software platforms is apparently here to stay.
In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman said the latest internal versions of iOS 27 and macOS 27 do not have major Liquid Glass design changes. He also mentioned how Apple's new software design chief, Steve Lemay, was "a driving force" behind Liquid Glass and was "deeply involved in its development."
Lemay joined Apple in 1999. He succeeded Alan Dye, who left Apple for Meta at the end of last year. Under his leadership, it is likely that Apple will focus on gradually improving Liquid Glass. This would be similar to Apple's approach with iOS 7, which did away with skeuomorphism in favor of a flat design and was then refined over the years.
Apple already provided iPhone users with a few Liquid Glass customization options through software updates. iOS 26.1 added a "Tinted" option that increases the opacity of Liquid Glass elements across the system, and iOS 26.2 introduced a slider that allows you to adjust the opacity of Liquid Glass for the Lock Screen's clock.
Apple was initially working on a system-wide Liquid Glass slider for iOS 26, but it ran into engineering challenges when trying to extend it across the entire system, according to Gurman. However, he said Apple could go back to the drawing board and manage to get the system-wide slider working in an iOS 27 version.
Article Link: No Major Changes to Liquid Glass Expected Across iOS 27 and macOS 27
boswald
macrumors 68020
Good! I know I'll be downvoted to Hell and back, but I actually enjoy Liquid Glass. More tweaks are welcome, of course, but I don't mind that it's here to stay.
Actually, Apple is fortunate to have Tim. I hope Tim Cook will stay for a while. He did great to Apple! The Apple success to be the top company peaking on the 50th golden anniversary is because of Tim. Such great job he has done!!
noblesoul117
macrumors regular
reyesmac
macrumors 65816
There was actual research and science to the colors of old operating systems and even beige computers. Making it look like you personal crystal collection is not the way to go. All that bright white is punishing to your eyes.
S.B.G
Moderator emeritus
Well that is unfortunate. I was hoping they'd revert it altogether, or give more options to make it look like the previous version.
CrabQueenInc
macrumors regular
Tim only cares about 1 thing money. So all you stop buying new apple hardware and go to the dark side google, if enough people move away from apple, some one will finally ask why and it will be liquid ass and bugs and maybe just maybe they will think about appointing a committee to fix it in 5 years. Apple just does not care about customer sat score any more, and thats sad but your just a revenue source for them now.
needsomecoffee
macrumors 6502a
Just got a new M5 MBA. Can live with LG. Cannot live with the bugs. Worst example. Default Weather Widget is auto-setup for the Desktop on a clean install. Had 3 locations previously setup for forecasts which got loaded via Migration Asst. When two non-USA locations are setup to show in the widget the useful full-day forecast is shown. When the widget is set to show our local location we only get the 60 minute precipitation forecast. Cannot be changed. Found a thread on Apple Support where another user described this problem exactly. Apple mod closed it. So just got rid of the Weather Widget on the Desktop (Menu bar shows daily forecast just fine). If anyone knows how to fix this, please advise. Thx, NSC
turbineseaplane
macrumors Penryn
Now, instead, we have: “looked cool in our 3-D headset”
The worst thing about this new UI trend, and it gets worse every year.
They must have taken ideas from Aero and Windows Vista when developing Liquid Glass 🤣
While I am not a fan of LG, it isn't a deal breaker for me. Though having the ability to turn it completely off would d be nice.
While I am not a fan of LG, it isn't a deal breaker for me. Though having the ability to turn it completely off would d be nice.