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  "path": "/2026/06/11/macos-27-golden-gate-menu-items/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T07:19:43.000Z",
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    "macOS Tahoe",
    "macOS Golden Gate",
    "Nikita \"Tonsky\" Prokopov",
    "Daring Fireball",
    "provided by NetNewsWire's Brent Simmons",
    "Human Interface Guidelines",
    "macOS 27 Golden Gate Reverses a Divisive Tahoe Design Choice",
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  "textContent": "In macOS 27 Golden Gate, Apple has removed many of the menu item icons that are so prevalent throughout macOS 26 Tahoe, as spotted by Nikita \"Tonsky\" Prokopov (via _Daring Fireball_). The developer shared before-and-after screenshots on Mastodon to evidence the reversal.\n\n\n\n_Menu item icons in macOS 26 (left) vs. macOS 27 (image: Nikita Prokopov)_\n\n\nTahoe was the first version of macOS to place a small icon next to nearly every entry in the menu bar across Apple's apps, but the change drew swift criticism from designers and developers. Many of the icons are inconsistent and often difficult to understand on their own, with different Apple apps showing different icons for the same menu items.\n\nThe third-party developer pushback was strong enough that some even adopted open-source code provided by NetNewsWire's Brent Simmons to switch the icons off by default.\n\nIn Golden Gate though, they're gone – or only used where genuinely useful. Apple has also revised its Human Interface Guidelines to tell developers to use menu item icons \"sparingly and with purpose,\" reserving them for common actions, file system locations, connected devices, and similar cases.\n\nmacOS 27 is currently in developer beta, with a public beta to arrive next month, followed by a general release in the fall.\n\nRelated Roundups: macOS Tahoe, macOS Golden Gate\n\nRelated Forum: macOS Tahoe\n\n\nThis article, \"macOS 27 Golden Gate Reverses a Divisive Tahoe Design Choice\" first appeared on MacRumors.com\n\nDiscuss this article in our forums\n\n",
  "title": "macOS 27 Golden Gate Reverses a Divisive Tahoe Design Choice"
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