{"id":45193,"date":"2025-06-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/?p=45193"},"modified":"2025-06-12T19:22:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T10:22:40","slug":"macos-26-tahoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designcompass.org\/en\/2025\/06\/11\/macos-26-tahoe\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 26 Tahoe, Spotlight Evolved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a>This macOS 26 Tahoe is introduced. The biggest change is Liquid Glass<\/strong> Visual redesign of the base<\/a>The dock, menu bar, and sidebar have been redesigned to be translucent and vibrant, and app icons and folder colors can be customized to your liking, turning your Mac into a more personalized space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Continuity feature<\/strong>The iPhone's Phone app is coming to the Mac, bringing recent calls, voicemail, call forwarding, and more, along with call screening and hold assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Showing real-time information Live Activities<\/strong>It's also linked to the menu bar, so you can check Uber arrival times, sports scores, flight information, and more at a glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The biggest change is Spotlight<\/strong>Now you can perform hundreds of actions, like sending an email, writing a note, or playing a podcast, right from the search bar, and you can quickly call up the desired function as a shortcut with a quick keyword. App developers can also extend Spotlight\u2019s functionality with the App Intents API.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apple Intelligence<\/strong>Supports real-time translation in Messages, Phone, and FaceTime, and intelligent shortcuts that can summarize text or create images have been added. Users can automate complex tasks such as image styling or information analysis using Apple Intelligence models or ChatGPT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apple Games App<\/strong>This is introduced and the game overlay feature allows you to change settings, invite friends, and chat while playing a game. High-performance graphics are realized with Metal 4 and MetalFX rendering technology, and major games such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Assassin's Creed Shadows are released optimized for Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition, there are many improvements, such as Safari speed improvement and battery efficiency improvement, background setting and voting function in the Messages app, introduction of Journal app, Markdown compatibility in Notes, and improved sorting function in Photos. In terms of accessibility, continuity magnifier for low vision users, Braille interface, and motion cue function to prevent motion sickness while riding in a car have been added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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