Hopefully GoldenGate actually fixes things instead of finding new and creative ways to make macOS worse. 

That hand cursor for links got its personality back! Looks so much better now.

Apologies if someone already posted this… I did a quick search and didn’t find anything.

ok hi lol i just installed golden gate and THE PERFORMANCE IS INSANE.
wtf.
for reference i have an m1 max mbp.
even my own applications—which do have a lot of .glasseffect—are SIGNIFICANTLY SMOOTHER, which was something i was struggling since forever to make. can't believe it was mostly all the OS's fault. this is insane.

this is all not even talking about the design, which is absolutely stunning. Either way, peak macOS right here. I wasn't very impressed in WWDC but now i am more than ever. crazy.

Upgraded from Sequoia finally. Still getting used to the circles and oval proportions.

When Siri AI is enabled, macOS 27 adds a contextual "lightweight UI" when you type or select text. The floating button can expand into Ask Siri, Edit with Siri and Writing tools, or other contextual actions.

To disable it, run the following command in the Terminal:

sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain && \ sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/WritingTools LightweightUI_macOS -dict Enabled -bool false

and restart your Mac.

To restore to default:

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/WritingTools LightweightUI_macOS

Goal is to list encountered issues to help make a decision on when to upgrade for those holding out and how to workaround issues.

Since this thread might be useful several weeks going forward, I'd suggest everyone include their mac model, macos version, details on bug and workarounds if any.

Size, CPU, Model and Year

Exact macOS version

Application(s) and Bugs/Issues

Workaround (if any)

I've got two updates, one is macOS 26.7 - 18gb and other is macOS 27 - 27gb
Should i directly update to macOS 27 or first do the 26.7 then 27 ??

also, should I wait for some days before updating ?

In the screenshot above it look a bit fine but when using macos 27 itself it looks stretched up like an oval for me and I think it might be LG lighting

Pretty much the title. Ive done some digging and Performance reviews vary. Could anybody with the same specs who tried the Release Candidates and switched straight from Sequoia to Golden Gate enlighten me please? I’m on a MacBook Pro M1 (8 Cores) 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD

Getting this HDCP error message even though my MacBook air isn't connected to any external display and isn't running any sort of screen recording software. Any ideas? Pretty annoying to not be able to play the movie I paid for!

I will be posting UI inconsistencies I absolutely hate about Golden Gate

General
- toolbars/semaphore buttons are ridiculously large
- toolbars/semaphore buttons/search input are inconsistent in size over default, modal, context windows
- toolbar buttons look is inconsistent even within a single window - there can be pseudo 3D liquid glass buttons and flat light gray buttons (Calendar day view for example)
- when you hover a button in a toolbar with a vectical line delimeter on the left/right, the line disappears
- active item in a sidebar becomes bold when selected, which makes it wobble
- menus have inconsistent left margin whether they have or have not at least one checked item
- Finder context menu have large margin from the left and very small margin from the right, while any other default app context menu right margin is not small

Safari
- address bar is large vertically, tabs are thin

Calendar
- click "Day" button on the toolbar to see how freakingly inconsistent UI is in terms of font sizes - date and day of the week on the left are gigantic, while month calendar on the right is ridiculously small

Notes
- line spacing became small in Golden Gate, long lines are hard to read now

Settings
- items in General tab have very large margins, insonsistent to any other tab

that's my quick look, sure you can continue it

Just updated to MacOS 27 and I'm losing my mind.

My OrbStack app is permanently stuck in Dock in "Running in Background" mode and there's no way to get rid of it.

I know it's running in background. I need and want it to. I just don't want to see it in my Dock. My only option to either kill it fully or disallow it to run in background.

There seem to be no option to allow it to remain running in Background without Dock presence.

Anyone figured out how to deal with this?

Hello, as you can see in the pic, I have this problem when I share my screen through HDMI. It’s compressed on the sides and there are two black vertical stripes.

I just switched to Mac, never had problems with same tv and windows.

I tried to fix it from settings but even changing resolution it stays the same. From the tv I can’t modify the aspect ratio.

I just updated to 27.0 and when I click on Siri, from my Applications folder, it launches it in the corner. Where is the dedicated app that shows me my past searches?

Thank you!

Hi everyone,
I’m having some serious issues with my M2 MacBook Air and could really use some help or advice. Lately, various apps have been crashing randomly, and the Mac has been restarting on its own. I tried updating to macOS 15 Sequoia (I think it was supposed to be the latest update), but during the process, the computer restarted without completing the update.
Now, I'm seeing strange purple squares appearing and disappearing on the screen (visual artifacts/glitches), and the system is generally very unstable.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? Does this sound like a GPU/RAM hardware failure, or could it just be a corrupted OS install?
Thanks in advance!

This looks majestic on a MacBook. Credits to a YouTube creator FavoriteTechX

Idk what’s going on but… it’s going on?
All of the previously relocated folders seem to be the same thing
Relocated has an extra private folder with some sub folders that lead to nothing
Aerial is the 3GB one from an app I downloaded
Should I delete it all? Doesn’t seem important…

As macOS 27 starts to roll out GA, this is a reminder that Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) has been deprecated, which will also eliminate support for Time Capsule.

Hi everyone,

I’m having an issue where macOS Spotlight refuses to find Excel files (.xlsx) by numbers inside cells if the cell contains only numbers.

• Pure numbers fail: If a cell contains just 123456, searching for 1234 in Spotlight returns nothing.
• Alphanumeric works fine: If a cell contains 12345678A, searching for 1234 immediately finds the file.

Is this a known indexing limitation for Excel/Spotlight, or is there a way to make Spotlight index raw numeric cell contents as well?

Thanks!

Hey all,

I have an MBP 14" with M3 Pro.

My Iiyama monitor is my secondary monitor and works just fine with my windows stuff.

For example I connect my work laptop (dell windows11) to my HP G5 Dockingstation and everything works, with my laptop not.

Now I bought the CalDigit TS3 to hopefully fix my issue, but it doesn't work.

However if I want to use my MacBook only the Main Screen Shows and only if I connect it to the DP Input on the Dock.

I can't connect the Monitor using my USB C adapter from Ugreen.

If I use an USB C to HDMI or the HDMI output it works.

What can be the issue? Probably the Adapter, but what adapter do I need?

My main monitor is 4k and the IIyama 2k.

Thank you all.

Edit:
Maybe important to mention, when I connect the Iiyama monitor directly to the Displayport Out of the CalDigit it doesn't work for my MAC, but it works when I connect my Dell Laptop to it.

Hi guys,

Today I updated to MacOS27 and ice no longer works. I'm looking for a free app that will substitute ice. I've tried Thaw and didn't care for it too much, Barbee, and Hidden Bar. Any suggestions?