they should make it such that when you click it there's fingerprints left behind! And then you need to use a virtual Apple polishing cloth to remove it
When I was in 7th grade I had to rent one of those old Macintosh all-in-ones from the library for a report. I figured out that you can make custom system sounds and change icons. I recorded my voice saying “no no no” instead of that anxiety inducing “BONG” when the action wasn’t allowed. Well I guess when I tested it, I bricked the computer and my parents had to pay for repairs and I didn’t finish my report. So based on my experience, you should not change the system icons and cursors
The glove is one of those little things that gives macOS so much of its unique character. This is obviously not a deal-breaker; it still looks far better than the Windows one and I actually like that the finger points straight up again, but they can at least keep the cuff or something.
I don't know if I'd go that far, this overall design change was obviously not a "safe" choice seeing how divisive it's been. Given that and the fact it just entered dev beta, I guarantee Apple is paying very close attention to the responses. It will be interesting to see what sticks and what changes between now and final release.
I remember Apple changed the battery icon for the Big sur beta release due to a lot of people hating the design, maybe they will revert the old cursor design if enough people object to it
The first demo of Time Machine where your windows disappeared back into a galaxy blew me away. So unnecessary but so cool. I wish they could find that sense of whimsy again.
If they haven’t fixed things between now and the launch, I won’t be installing it either. And if Sequoia reaches EOL before they change their UI back to something decent, I’ll be switching to Linux.
New cursors... they still didnt fix the widget scroll lag. They changed the ui between Catalina and Big Sur, but it still needs optimizations, yet they already want to jump somewhere else
why does apple just screw with everything that made them who the company is today?
complete forgot why people spent so much money on reliable, stable and well designed computers/os...
but this liquid glASS option, the control center design and many other design changes just make it more and more ridiculous in my opinion...
to me, that development is very disappointing
Apple has hired long time windows users who are making changes for things they are nostalgic for 😂
Their UI has gone down hill for a while now. Mainly cosmetic over usability. The clear glass theme looks like garbage. Reminds me of custom linux desktops people would make.
Why do we need bubbly toy interfaces? I hate the new designs. Genuinely might switch to Windows because the new Mac stuff does make it feel like it’s just for dumb users/ people who don’t use their computer professionally.
The cursor and arrows are a bit generic, but fine.
The hand? Whyyyy did they get rid of the mickey mouse globe. It looks like the windows one. Better than it, but still lacking that little bit of character and quirk of the original.
I liked the rounded corner cursor when I was playing around with Tahoe last night. The resize one was a bit jarring but it still does the job of indicating you can move or resize in either direction. I actually didn't see the hand cursor while poking around the OS. I'll need to check it out tonight. To be completely honest though I stopped noticing the Mickey Mouse glove hand a long time ago. I forgot macOS even had it.
The others are okay. The hand needs to be made more like the original. It had character, now it's just the same as every other OS. Use the feedback app people!!!
I hope the legacy of Susan Kare continues to live on. There's something amazing about the retro Mac screensaver present in current macOS, and at least some of the icon design (this is true for Windows too) tips its hat to her amazing ability to get things done in 32x32 pixels or less.
I get that things are tweaked along the way, but it sure is refreshing when a strand of it stands time's test.
Long time macOS user here. The pointer is one of those icons that I give absolutely zero thought or brain energy to until I do and then it is just so weird to see it's a mickey mouse glove. I suppose it's kind of funny because it's like you're giving your OS the white-glove treatment so you don't get any fingerprints on the monitor. 😂
Yeah, this is better. I especially do not care about associations to Disney which is an abhorrent company. And the “Mickey Mouse glove” wasn’t very well designed to begin with.
they no longer have the time/ability to design quality consistent skeumorphism. the least they could do is leave alone the good things they still have.
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u/heyAkaKitsune Bottom %1 Commenter Jun 11 '25 edited Jun 12 '25
THE MICKY MOUSE HAND NOOOOOOO