# Apple again warns developers not to do what Apple did in macOS 26 Tahoe

> The menu icons in macOS 26 Tahoe were roundly criticized for being both ugly and making Macs harder to use. A software engineer pointed out that Apple warned against this very mistake in guidelines published way back in…

- **Source:** [9to5Mac](https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/11/apple-again-warns-developers-not-to-do-what-apple-did-in-macos-26-tahoe/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a31283263a0fcbb0f772bf3)
- **Published:** 2026-06-16
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #apple #macos #tahoe #developers #icons #against #engineer #guidelines
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