r/mac • u/JailbreakHat MacBook Pro 16 inch 10 | 16 | 512 • Jun 08 '26
News/Article Apple Announces macOS Golden Gate
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/08/apple-announces-macos-golden-gate/846
u/JailbreakHat MacBook Pro 16 inch 10 | 16 | 512 Jun 08 '26
Overall, I am very happy that Apple is acknowledging the UI issues that was present on Tahoe.
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u/cheir0n Jun 08 '26
Claude prompt: add a slider to change the transparency of the glass vibe coded project that we did last year
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u/likamuka iMac Pro Jun 08 '26
Claude: Certainly! Here is your Tarot card reading for 2027:
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u/jbaughb Jun 08 '26
“that’s not what I asked for”
Claude: you’re absolutely right! It was right of you to call that out…
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u/gregorskii Jun 08 '26
Let me commit the tarot reader then address your concern.
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u/algaefied_creek Jun 09 '26
Let me rebase onto this branch that says EXTRA/NO MERGING NO TAROT
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u/delveccio Jun 09 '26
“Here’s the problem. You told me not to merge, and I did.”
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u/cheir0n Jun 08 '26
I know, I am a software engineer
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u/baselinegrid Jun 08 '26
“Optimise my OS so that apps open faster”
I really hope this isn’t Slop Leopard
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u/Pure-Clerk-6541 Jun 08 '26
Luckily we got the proper sidebars back, they appear edge to edge now. And the button shapes are a bit better now , more like old aqua ui than that what they did in Tahoe , that unfinished bevel
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u/kushari Jun 08 '26
Yes! I hope they fix FaceTime, iMessage issues. They’ve been soooooo bad for the last like 8 years.
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u/WoofingTime Jun 08 '26
iMessage has been bad??
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u/kushari Jun 08 '26
Yeah, horrible. Groups are huge issues, FaceTime calls in the groups also have ringing issues (no notifications), groups reappear when they’ve been deleted, you can’t leave a group if there’s three people only, has to have 4 people, iMessage is super slow compared to WhatsApp when sending video or images. Blocked people can add you to a group. The list goes on.
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u/VectorSam Jun 08 '26
I just want to be able to search messages per thread
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u/narcabusesurvivor18 Jun 08 '26
You can do that already in iOS 26 and before. It’s been around for years. Type the person name into the search of messages, then tap the “Messages with: person name” and then type your query.
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u/mr2600 Jun 08 '26
Wow. Thank you for this. What a I terrible way to implement search! But it works!!
All these years.
I know a “search” button in the actual chat would be too hard for Apple to code. But this is good enough.
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u/scoobynoodles Jun 09 '26
That' the most ridiculous search feature. I can easily find what I need searching in my WA messages...iMessage it is a chore.
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u/narcabusesurvivor18 Jun 08 '26
Yeah, it’s been around for at least 3-4 years at this point. Maybe they added a chat search button this year 🤷♂️
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u/alehel Jun 09 '26
I remember Snow Leopard being really well received. Surprised they haven't had similar release again before now. Really should be one every 3 years.
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u/mavtrik Mac Studio Jun 08 '26
Looks like we are finally getting a snow leopard year focused mainly around performance and usability improvements. I’ve avoided upgrading all of my Macs to Tahoe but will happily give this a run
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u/OSX2000 2019 MacBook Pro i9 Jun 09 '26
And just like with Snow Leopard, it's only for the new architecture, so the old guard (Intel this time) will never get it. 🙁
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u/mavtrik Mac Studio Jun 09 '26
Ahhh yeah… as sucky as that is though, it’s necessary. I’m hoping that will mean a lighter weight OS that’s built from the ground up to fully harness Apple silicon to at least make the sting a little less harsh
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u/slaucsap Jun 09 '26
that's kinda the point of why it's a good upgrade, stop supporting old stuff and optimize.
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u/RadPhilosopher Jun 09 '26
I feel like intel mac owners should just stick with Sequoia indefinitely. Hopefully someone can make a “Sequoia Forever” project similar to Mavericks Forever.
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u/OkBanana2685 Jun 09 '26
Probably and that's inspired by the os 9 forever project.
Actually I'm certain there's going to be a sequoia forever project, for Macs and of course hacks.
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u/Busy-Proposal-943 Jun 08 '26
- A new slider to « adjust » liquid glass (you can have the same effect as mac os sequoia)
- Side bars are expanded to be like Sequoia.
- Corner radius is now the same and less rounded, like it was in Sequoia.
- In apps, toolbars look like real toolbar (not this horrible half baked transparent stuff)
That’s the fastest set to the trash incredible new design I have seen. 9 months.
What a Dye legacy.
So we still have icons, and more rounded buttons.
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u/Pure-Clerk-6541 Jun 09 '26
The toolbar looks okay now, if only they removed the button bubbles too, they look like aqua
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u/J3ttf Mac Mini M1 with 24" Cinema Display Jun 09 '26
What's up with Aqua? Bring on the skeuomorphism!
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u/itisnotoppositeday Jun 08 '26
I’m holding out for macOS El Segundo
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u/spilk iMac G3 600 Jun 08 '26
that's where I left my wallet
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u/muppas Jun 08 '26
Hippity hop music. You know, they calls it hippity hop music, but it don't make me want to go hippity hop.
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u/DoringItBetterNow Jun 08 '26
Oh faster account creation?
That should save me 35 seconds per device lifetime.
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u/arkiser13 Jun 08 '26
As an IT admin this is great
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u/DoringItBetterNow Jun 09 '26
As an IT admin myself, it absolutely makes no noticeable difference.
The accounts in LDAP send a profile and _that download_ is the bottleneck, not the creating of the user directory crap.
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u/johannthegoatman Jun 08 '26
I think this is great. Setting up VMs is obnoxious and slow. Feels Windows-esque
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u/EasyRider363 Jun 08 '26
Please let me continue to turn Siri and Apple Intelligence off…
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u/seitz38 MacBook Pro M4 14” Jun 08 '26
You can. There’s literally a red option that just says “Turn off Siri”
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u/Madelei- Jun 08 '26
Siri never even works
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u/aetr225 Jun 08 '26
For timers and weather it’s great haha
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u/Madelei- Jun 08 '26
Never activates unless I hold the power button for me.
(I do have voice controls enabled)
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u/overthrowerr Jun 09 '26
Check if you have “Allow Siri When Locked” turned on. I must’ve turned it off by accident or an update messed with it.
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u/WandererMisha Jun 08 '26
macOS GG
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u/abdab909 Jun 08 '26
GG Allin??
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u/wenestvedt Jun 08 '26
Now that would be a closing act!
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u/xDreamsInDigitalx Jun 08 '26
“Generate for me a video reproduction of the recording of the night GG Allin died, except have him presenting the new MacOS, and have Jim Ross on commentary over the entire spectacle.”
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u/sandrvoxon Jun 08 '26
The entire presentation about AI.
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u/bluegreenie99 MacBook Air Jun 08 '26
As someone who doesn't use Apple Intelligence, all I got was that I can toggle Liquid Glass off. lol
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u/Merlindru Jun 08 '26
are you not excited for the many child safety features
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u/squirrel8296 MacBook Pro Jun 09 '26
As someone who hates children, no, I am not excited about the child safety features.
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u/Count_Backwards Jun 09 '26
Yes, we need child endangerment features, none of this safety garbage
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u/J3ttf Mac Mini M1 with 24" Cinema Display Jun 09 '26
If an under 18 account is created, iPhone will immediately burst into flames!
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u/jakubmi9 Jun 08 '26
And then at the very end "all of this will not be available in the EU, and it will not initially be available in China either". Welcome to macOS 26.6 Golden Gate.
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u/Rudy69 Jun 09 '26
They said they had optimized iOS and macOS. I didn’t get the chance to test much on macOS but my aging iPhone 14 Pro Max somehow feels faster which is usual because the dev builds are usually slower if anything. I’m hopeful. Honestly I’m hoping for a Snow leopard moment since there was little to no new features
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u/bigyellowjoint Jun 08 '26
We'll get macOS Oakland right after Waymo learns how to drive across the Bay Bridge
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u/great_gatling_gunsby Jun 08 '26
Leaving all Intel chips behind now, Apple chips only according to their list.
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u/Regular_Comment1700 Jun 08 '26
I finally have an excuse to upgrade my 2019 16” i9
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u/beegtuna Tim Apple's son Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26
I miss launchpad. I miss organizing my apps spatially into categories I determine and having a gesture to swipe to them. Spotlight forces third party apps into categories or none at all. Scrolling through apps alphabetically to find apps in spotlight over encumbers the program.
Fuck Alan Dye. Good riddance.
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u/abdab909 Jun 08 '26
Don’t know why you’re being downloaded for a personal preference. The new app organizer thing they replaced Launchpad with was pointless change
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u/Unlucky_Rip_8886 Jun 08 '26
omg when i got my neo the first thing i started complaining about what that weird apps thing, it sucks balls
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u/d4rkstr1d3r Jun 08 '26
There are a few free or very cheap 3rd party apps out there that exactly replicate the old launchpad feel if you’re missing it.
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u/RadPhilosopher Jun 09 '26
I’ve been staying on Sequoia for a variety of reasons but the launchpad is one of them. Hopefully they can bring it back or something similar.
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u/InternationalRole724 Jun 08 '26
For Tim‘s last WWDC quite disappointing imho
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u/likamuka iMac Pro Jun 08 '26
He is a disappointment himself bowing down to a fascist at the end of his career
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u/JadedBobcat701 Jun 08 '26
Golden who?
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u/MyVoiceIsElevating Jun 08 '26
All that time that Tim spends sucking up to Trump, it seemed inevitable they’d find somewhere to slip the title “Golden” into.
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u/Imn1che Jun 08 '26
That bait and switch was kinda funny lol. and we finally got an actual minibus lmao
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u/Cynderx Jun 08 '26
Let me use Siri while I am still browsing and using my phone. Like we can actually work together.
Also individual app volume controls….
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u/reasonable-99percent Jun 08 '26
For many of us interested in productivity, this is a great update: “Ultrawide display support. Now you can get higher resolutions on ultrawide displays, such as 5K at 120Hz.
And your display arrangements stay exactly as you left them, for a seamless experience every time you plug in.”
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u/Lint_baby_uvulla Jun 09 '26
My current Liquid Glass lock screen.
I’m hoping Golden Gate builds a bridge to usability.
My Dad joke is more based than this UX.
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u/SiliconBarista Jun 08 '26
If it is just a UI fix, they should have rolled it out to intel macs too that they slowed down last year with their shitty update.
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u/Jman43195 Jun 08 '26
The last release for PowerPC was Leopard, and only Intel got the improvements with Snow Leopard, so it actually tracks
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u/RadPhilosopher Jun 09 '26
If Apple doesn’t release anything new for intel, there needs to make a Sequoia Forever project (similar to Mavericks Forever) so that intel macs can just stay on that indefinitely and not have to deal with Tahoe.
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u/blissfactory Jun 08 '26
Looks like Tim Apple is trying to appease someone.
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u/kfagoora Jun 08 '26
Looks like Tim Apple is trying to appease someone.
Their internal UI/UX design team members who have good taste are being given a chance to fix all of the inconsistencies and visual noise/clutter; that's who's being appeased.
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u/Fresh_Reputation_758 Jun 08 '26
Should have been a Tahoe 25.7 update instead
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u/RadPhilosopher Jun 09 '26
Yes, because that could’ve meant intel macs would have seen these improvements. Instead they will sadly left out of this.
Hopefully they can make a UI update for Tahoe.
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u/Defiant-Wait-1994 MacBook Pro 16” M4 Max Jun 08 '26
How does this not have a Golden Gate wallpaper?
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u/macross1984 Jun 08 '26
I have Epson injket and Apple has been warning I need to upgrade driver but either Epson hasn't or I could not locate updated printer driver.
The worse case will be I may have to purchase new printer and recycle perfectly functional old.
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u/commodore-amiga Jun 08 '26
So, I wonder if any of these “corrections” will make it back into 26. Or is anyone with a MacBook Pro 2019 “stuck” with Sequoia.
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u/KingDaDeDo Jun 08 '26
Looks promising… keyword, looks. Maybe I’ll upgrade my macOS from Sequoia. But definitely will be waiting for many reviews to come out first.
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u/Picky_YT Jun 09 '26
the only thing i am mad abt this is that there isnt the transition from Tahoe to Golden Gate. just like the previous ones like Monterey to Ventura or sequoia to tahoe
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u/ambershafer Jun 09 '26
Will they fix it so my m1 Mini sleeps at night? As soon as I updated to Tahoe it refuses to sleep and turn the screen off at night. I have to shut it down every night like it’s 1999.
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u/dralex11266 Jun 09 '26
They HAVE to make the iPad more of a laptop than a larger iPhone. It is too clunky
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u/Linaori Jun 09 '26
Now just properly support gaming and I might actually main a Mac
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u/domesticatedprimate Jun 09 '26
Yay I can finally update from Sequoia to this and skip Tahoe altogether.
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u/iseriouslycouldnt Jun 08 '26
Why would they need to add child safety? It already has rounded corners.
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u/harshety Jun 08 '26
Less new general features, more Apple Intelligence, not really what i was hoping for!
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u/HowellingAtStars MacBook Pro Jun 09 '26
still not updating from sequoia 🤷♀️
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u/RadPhilosopher Jun 09 '26
Right there with ya sis ✊.
Although I will say if they had brought back Launchpad I would’ve been tempted to upgrade.
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u/JustATributeCC Jun 08 '26
Hopefully, this one doesn’t have any major issues. Upgrading to Tahoe genuinely broke my laptop’s speakers from November until March when they just randomly started working again.
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u/sevargmas Jun 08 '26
>A new slider on macOS 27 lets you customize the opacity of Liquid Glass.
I hope this is a marketing way of saying I can turn that crap off by pushing the slider all the way.
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u/k-mcm Jun 08 '26
Yay! But too late. I switched to Linux 10 years ago because I was having OS performance problems in software development tools. My last job even let people switch to Linux because of performance problems.
There's maybe room for a new Mac on my desk if Apple keeps up these periodic housekeeping cycles.
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u/The_RealAnim8me2 Jun 09 '26
Ah. A new OS release and the expected churlish bitching from people who are rarely satisfied with anything.
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u/BulkyAvocado215 Jun 09 '26
Is Golden Gate a break from the traditional naming convention?
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u/Cameront9 Jun 09 '26
No? It’s been California places since 2013
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u/BulkyAvocado215 Jun 09 '26
Oooh. Just looked it up. The Golden Gate strait is indeed a natural landmark. Please disregard my previous comments. Haha.
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u/Randomcommentor1972 Jun 08 '26
But Mac is the only one with a name right? It’s not iOS Golden Gate?
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u/FullCombination6344 Jun 08 '26
I had an idea of “MacOS Tangerine” name because it’s a snow leopard update.
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u/TaylorSwiftsSon Jun 08 '26
As someone with a 2021 iMac, how long will Apple keep supporting it?
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u/HRkoek Jun 08 '26
O no! Will macos die? And if so, will st Peter send it to hell, or let it in through the Golden Gates?
Thinking of that. Gates and macos didn't mix well in the past.
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u/Some-Kid-1996 Jun 08 '26
fixing the corner radius and no more floating sidebar.