yet another stupid thing about tahoe/new UI; the menu bar is taller for no reason

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the whole UI is getting obnoxiously bigger , as if it were a tablet . maybe it's meant to introduce a touch capacitive mac, but it's honestly so dumb.

sequoia menu bar is 25px . tahoe is 31px. (I measured it)

That's 25% taller for NO reason . It serves no purpose. The menu bar text isn't any bigger. It's just lazy

there's also padding with the rounded corners.

please people send feedback to apple if you're one a notchless mac

 

[rebelo]

And I thought it was just my imagination! I'm glad someone actually measured it.

 

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And I thought it was just my imagination! I'm glad someone actually measured it.

No problem. Please send them feedback, it's the only way to get it fixed (although I'm not too hopeful)

 

[alexclst]

Yeah, I noticed that weeks ago on my VM of Tahoe. Could easily tell by having the VM as a full-screen app on Sequoia and just holding the "swipe between spaces" gesture where I could see both desktops. It is really quite annoying that Tahoe takes up more space with GUI unnecessarily. Even on my Mac mini with large displays. But I've grown resigned to this, and plan to upgrade after the public release, just a few days after instead of day-of like I used to do.

 

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Yeah, I noticed that weeks ago on my VM of Tahoe. Could easily tell by having the VM as a full-screen app on Sequoia and just holding the "swipe between spaces" gesture where I could see both desktops. It is really quite annoying that Tahoe takes up more space with GUI unnecessarily. Even on my Mac mini with large displays. But I've grown resigned to this, and plan to upgrade after the public release, just a few days after instead of day-of like I used to do.

I'd say reporting it via feedback to apple is a more sensible approach but you do you

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

That's 25% taller for NO reason . It serves no purpose. The menu bar text isn't any bigger. It's just lazy.

Quite agree; and yet there are people out there defending these decisions. I would love for Apple to.

 

[auxbuss]

Apple have gradually increased the menu bar height over the years. Why? Who knows?

Designing macOS menu bar extras

Apple’s HIG is great, but it doesn‘t contain much information related to designing menu bar extras. This article aims to provide additional details and context needed to create icons for macOS menu bar extras.

bjango.com

 

[benwiggy]

if you're one a notchless mac

Presumably, they are just standardizing the menubar to the same height as the notched laptops. My M1 MBP has always had a 31px menubar.

 

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Presumably, they are just standardizing the menubar to the same height as the notched laptops. My M1 MBP has always had a 31px menubar.

you're right, and thats horribly lazy. imagine giving the same menu bar to very different devices.


although actually I think the menu bar is now smaller on mbp m1 in tahoe ...so that's even lazier

 

[haralds]

It aligns with the MacBook camera notch.

 

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It aligns with the MacBook camera notch.

not on macs that don't have a notch

 

[Sowelu]

The menubar already exceeds the notch (by a few pixels, by eye) on my 15" MacBook Air with the default resolution set, so they've made it taller? Some are saying they resized it to be aligned with the notch, so wouldn't that mean that they made is shorter? Sorry if I am confusing this with something else.

 

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The menubar already exceeds the notch (by a few pixels, by eye) on my 15" MacBook Air with the default resolution set, so they've made it taller? Some are saying they resized it to be aligned with the notch, so wouldn't that mean that they made is shorter? Sorry if I am confusing this with something else.

Menu bar on notch Macs was X pixels and X-10 on notch less Macs

Now it's X-5 on both notch and notchless . Basically a big **** you to notchless users

 

[thebart]

Me, I dislike the rounded pill buttons. It's too much. It's giving me self checkout kiosks

 

[BigBlur]

Live activities from a nearby iPhone will show up in the Mac's menu bar in macOS 26. Perhaps that's another reason why they expanded it so it can display more content. Now that I say that, maybe this is Apple getting ready for a pill / Dynamic Island that has been rumored to be coming out next year. I could see the pill being centered in the bar with a few pixels above and below it.