In this episode of the NosillaCast, learn the magic behind the madness of how I created a mind map of EVERY setting in macOS 26.1 System Settings. @bart is there for us with Security Bits and a deep dive about those pop-ups on iOS/macOS that ask you for LAN access.
Oops! I did it again. I have mind-mapped every single element in all of macOS 26 (Tahoe) System Settings! I give you two links: The first is a permanent page to use the mind map to search for settings and then figure out where Apple has buried them. The second is a post on "how I did this crazy thing and why". Because of the size and complexity, I could not have published the mind map in a usable form without the genius of @ttscoff!
https://www.podfeet.com/blog/system-settings-macos-26/
https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2025/11/mind-mapping-mos-settings/
HALLELUJAH!!! It has bothered the living daylights out of me FOREVER that while on iOS in Reminders you can type, "go to the store at 10AM" and it would auto-fill the reminder time, but on macOS it wouldn't do that! I think it was in 26.1 that they just made that work. No more picking from those stupid pickers for the time!!!
I'm mind mapping EVERY SINGLE item in System Settings in macOS 26.1. Can you guess which feature has the most separate controls within it?
If you’ve been annoyed (like I have) that the Clipboard history in the new Spotlight in macOS 26 is only 8 hours of. history, go to System Settings → Siri & Search. Scroll almost to the bottom and look for “Clipboard history is available in Spotlight” and you can up it to 7 days (or down to 30 min).
@madeindex as it is the 8TB HDDs I'm getting are quite high in price. SSDs would be much more I'd guess. Also the case is fit for more HDDs. Up to 18. People who buy HDDs that are say 22TB are crazy I think. Better to have redundant storage. I guess some might put those in a raid but that's really expensive. Maybe they have the money and that's fine but I'd rather not risk data: even with dual backups. Only recently I added the second backup disk. With the new server actually.
@madeindex the #MacBookPro #M4Max has an external (USB-C) HDD for backup. The #M1Max is bricked thanks to #Apple releasing their crapware #macOS ( #macOS26) knowing full well that in beta they were bricking devices. But once I get that repaired (DFU failed here) if Apple's so-called 'geniuses' can fix it it's still not worth an extra backup as it was used to set up the M4 Max. The M1 Max needs the keyboard replaced too. Thank goodness I got the M4 Max earlier this year!
Konstantin 🔭
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macOS 26 bug: the entirety of the Contacts app redesign
There is a 99% chance that I want to copy a phone number—not call it—from my laptop, but selecting the phone number to copy it now takes multiple attempts due to a selection bug.
The cursor changes to the text caret, but the text fails to highlight when dragging about half the time. This results in multiple drags and accidental clicks that immediately initiate a call. Selecting text works consistently once it finally works.
macOS 26 bug: the entirety of the Contacts app redesign
There is a 99% chance that I want to copy a phone number—not call it—from my laptop, but selecting the phone number to copy it now takes multiple attempts due to a selection bug.
The cursor changes to the text caret, but the text fails to highlight when dragging about half the time. This results in multiple drags and accidental clicks that immediately initiate a call. Selecting text works consistently once it finally works.
I think a way that Liquid Glass could be improved is having “aggregate states”. Liquid when there’s movement, and frosted (or “solid”, if you will) when static.
That way you get the cool effect when you’re scrolling, and legibility is better when you’re not.
The Liquid Glass effect really only comes through when something’s moving, anyway. When not, it more often looks like a graphical glitch to me.
I know how @siracusa loves how Apple found ways to minimize the color differences so we can't see buttons and such, so I made this wee video just for him (but you can watch it too if you like.)
Apple often says ‘best iPhone lineup ever,’ but this year it’s so true https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/25/apple-often-says-best-iphone-lineup-ever-but-this-year-its-so-true/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
@9to5Mac but #iOS26 is horrible so it doesn’t matter if the hardware is good. And #macOS26 bricked my M1 Max (thankfully the M4 Max is fine) and others are reporting this same issue. Brilliant! I thought last year was bad. This year is far worse. The supposed workaround for Liquid Glass hurting eyes doesn’t work when I enabled it long ago. Changing icons of OTHER apps is so wrong. That is part of their brand. All this rubbish makes me want to defenestrate my devices. A disgrace.
Cassidy James :rr: :gg: :fh:
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I'm not a particularly smart designer, but I always thought that consistency was supposed to be the ultimate aspiration - with differences only occurring when justifiable. So I'm still in shock that of all the big software releases this month - #MacOS26, #Android16 - it is #Gnome49 that seems to step forward in this regard.
The Linux platform is not without its problems and limitations, but the team behind #Gnome really deserve massive kudos: https://release.gnome.org/49/
I'm not a particularly smart designer, but I always thought that consistency was supposed to be the ultimate aspiration - with differences only occurring when justifiable. So I'm still in shock that of all the big software releases this month - #MacOS26, #Android16 - it is #Gnome49 that seems to step forward in this regard.
The Linux platform is not without its problems and limitations, but the team behind #Gnome really deserve massive kudos: https://release.gnome.org/49/
Also, wenn ihr alle sagt, #iOS26 sei schwer zu lesen, dann hab ich hier _den_ Hintergrundbild-Tipp für euch! 😂
Ich kann manche Kritik an #LiquidGlass teils aber echt nicht nachvollziehen. Ja, manches ist nicht perfekt, aber, dass Leute jetzt meckern die stark abgerundeten Ecken würden Platz verschwenden? Bitte? Hab ich echt mehrfach gelesen…
Der rote Bereich hier sind 38*38 Pixel, also 1.444 in Summe. Hätte man vielleicht halb so groß machen können, dann wären es 20*20px = 400px.
Ich sitz vor einem 4K Screen. Der hat 3840*2160 px, also schlappe 8.294.400px. Oder 0,00482%
I was soooo excited to learn that with macOS Tahoe, we'd be able to change the color and icons on folders. I'd tried a couple of third-party apps to do this, and while they worked ok, they didn't show in the Finder sidebar. Guess what? macOS 26's colors and icons don't show in the Finder sidebar either. Why, Apple? Why??? 😢
Els dispositius d'Apple s'actualitzen amb la versió 26. Entre d'altres, millores de IA i el nou tema Liquid Glass que no agrada a tothom.
Nicd
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