macOS Icon History(basicappleguy.com)

237 points by ksec 1 year ago | 96 comments

We shouldn't have needed lockfiles(tonsky.me)

100 points by tobr 1 year ago | 237 comments

In defense of two-state theme toggles(joshcollinsworth.com)

11 points by surprisetalk 1 month ago | 20 comments

Decreasing the number of memory accesses(johnnysswlab.com)

73 points by g0xA52A2A 3 years ago | 43 comments

Gaslight-driven development(tonsky.me)

115 points by theodorejb 1 year ago | 76 comments

SVGmix is a massive collection of free SVG icons and brand logos(svgmix.com)

78 points by tinhat 3 years ago | 14 comments

No more icons in every menu by default(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

449 points by riffraff 6 days ago | 275 comments

Blog post by Jim Nielsen noting Apple removed default icons from every menu item in macOS Golden Gate and updated its Human Interface Guidelines against the practice.

Tailscale's new macOS home(tailscale.com)

542 points by tosh 6 months ago | 289 comments

Tailscale blog post announcing a new macOS app interface that moves out of the menu bar to avoid being hidden by the MacBook notch.

If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design(mastodon.social)

684 points by lateforwork 9 months ago | 260 comments

A social media post showing Apple's Pages app icons in reverse chronological order, joking it resembles a designer's improving portfolio, with replies.

Icons in Menus Everywhere – Send Help(blog.jim-nielsen.com)

769 points by ArmageddonIt 10 months ago | 307 comments

Jim Nielsen's blog post criticizing the UI trend of putting an icon on every menu item, using Google Sheets menus as an example.

macOS 15.8.2 Breaks OpenGL(developer.apple.com)

271 points by Audiophilip 8 days ago | 303 comments

Apple Developer Forums thread reporting that macOS 15.8.2 RC breaks NSOpenGLView/NSOpenGLContext setView, leaving OpenGL windows with no drawable and rendering blank.

macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)(saurabhs.org)

515 points by pavel_lishin 1 year ago | 256 comments

A personal page collecting macOS tips and keyboard shortcuts, updated for macOS Sonoma, covering native UI conventions and app tricks.