Upgrade to Tahoe?

[avro707]

Mine was stuttering for days especially simple things like opening finder windows, using control center, using Adobe apps and anything that uses liquid glass. I disabled liquid glass and all is ok now (on Intel).

This is a work machine for me, should've just stayed with Sequoia

But I'm too lazy to downgrade, so going to move forward with the updates.

Wow mine are not that slow.

My M2 MBA decided to automatically update itself when I powered it in today - not pleased by that because it wasted time I didn’t have. Apple in some respects is as bad as Microsoft.

 

[heller]

Just excellent on MPB M3/8Gb from first day, clean install.

Do it, no worries.

Don't do update! Do clean install only.

Prepare 32Gb+ USB flash with 26.2 soon, when final will be released (mid-December 2025).

And backup all your data.

It's no Tahoe in App Store, so to prepare usb flash it will be just two commands in Terminal:

1) softwareupdate --fetch-full-installer --full-installer-version 26.2

2) sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Tahoe.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Tahoe (name of your 32Gb+ USB flash in the end)

 

[daneoni]

I upgraded when 26.1 came out. I noticed Safari had been upgraded on my Sequioa install, so i just went for it.

Since upgrading i can't say i've had any particular show-stopping issues. It runs well, but then again i'm on a M4 Pro mac.
I also tend to do clean installs for every major OS update before restoring backups, to mitigate prospective teething issues. And thats served me well so far.

I kinda see the complaints around Liquid Glass, especially in terms of gradients + some difficulties around delineation of borders and floating menus.
Ironically, Liquid Glass looks much better in Dark Mode. Because the gradients are more defined and everything looks more delineated.
But to me it's mostly fine, and feels somewhat fresh. I suspect Apple will tighten the performance/look in mOS 27 so if people want to wait till then...

It reminds of when Apple moved from OS9 to Aqua OS X, similar uproar about looks over function. And initially there were issues, but it got refined and subsequently became beloved.
People seldom like change, even more so if its perceived to be drastic or radical.
I mean there are some people on these forums who didn't want Apple to leave Intel, who thought the iPod would flop, and some still think OS X Snow Leopard is the best mac OS of all time.

 

[nebojsak]

Ironically Liquid Glass looks much better in Dark Mode. Because the gradients are more defined and everything looks more delineated.

Same for me. Also, Tahoe (to me) is the first MacOS after Big Sur with some character to it.

 

[Schnauzer World]

Tahoe is just the next step to "iOS Desktop".

 

[Tig_one]

 

[Howard2k]

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[MetalGod1390]

Hi, after all the fuss around Tahoe and all those negative comments, I'm wondering whether to update to Tahoe or not. I have MacBook Air M2 and in Sequoia. It's stable for me and working great.

So my question is how stable is Tahoe for you? what about battery life?

I upgraded to Tahoe and had the beta and I do like the interface. My battery life has been great and its been really fast and I have a Macbook Air M4

 

[SDAVE]

Wow mine are not that slow.

My M2 MBA decided to automatically update itself when I powered it in today - not pleased by that because it wasted time I didn’t have. Apple in some respects is as bad as Microsoft.

Yeah M-Class is fine. My M1 Max is running ok compared to Intel.

 

[Bazza1]

Tahoe is just the next step to "iOS Desktop".

Yup. They have M-series iPads, yet rather than go MacOS on them, they seem determined to dumb'ify Macs down to iOS.

 

[evilp8ntballer7]

My vote would be yes, the MacOS26.1 fixes many things from the initial upgrade, it's smooth and has a great UI

 

[nebojsak]

The only major annoyance so far is that 26.1 update killed my connection to an external display via Display port.

 

[SDAVE]

.2 RC is out today, it's so much better on Intel.

 

[bluespark]

I updated all of my Macs except one that I had forgotten about for a few weeks (as it lives in my basement). Now, when I use that one, the design seems so much cleaner and better than all of the ones I updated. It's like the older OS version is the upgrade!

 

[H_D]

While Ilike aspects of the upgrade and do not dislike Tahoe, the current version runs amok on two MBP (M1 Max and M3 Max), the Windowserver / Electron disaster and other apps make the fans run all the time & the chassis blazing hot, battery life is nil.

 

[Bungaree.Chubbins]

I updated all of my Macs except one that I had forgotten about for a few weeks (as it lives in my basement). Now, when I use that one, the design seems so much cleaner and better than all of the ones I updated. It's like the older OS version is the upgrade!

It's the other way around for me. Pre appleOS 26 devices all feel old to me now.

 

[Sami13496]

I’m not a fan of iOS/macOS/iPadOS 26 in the sense that I don’t really like its new design direction compared to the previous one. The old look and feel is somehow cleaner and more straightforward. But I always update to the latest version anyway, because that’s the direction things are going.