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Apple shipped macOS Tahoe with icons added to every menu item by default, a design choice that drew criticism. In the upcoming release referred to as Golden Gate, Apple has removed that default, and its updated Human Interface Guidelines now cite Tahoe's all-icon menus as an example of what not to do, according to John Gruber's reporting from June.
Apple has released the third developer and public release candidates for macOS Sequoia 15.8.2 (build 24H230) and macOS Tahoe 26.7.2 (build 25G330), alongside the first RC for macOS 27.2 Golden Gate. Apple's release notes describe the updates only as containing "important security fixes" recommended for all users.
Apple has released the first Release Candidate of macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, build 26B118, to developers and public beta testers, with a full public rollout expected in coming weeks. The update expands Siri AI language support to French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish, and adds new gesture recognition tools to built-in apps. A known bug causes windows in Electron-based apps to stop responding to dragging.
A new alpha tool called Mac.apk enables Android applications to run directly on Apple Silicon Macs without an emulator, virtual machine, or underlying Linux kernel. Apps appear as native macOS windows in the Dock, use the Mac's GPU and CPU directly, and support light/dark mode switching. It requires macOS 26.4 or newer and is distributed as a signed, notarized disk image.
A developer troubleshooting a PATH issue discovered a new /pkg/env/global/bin entry added via a system configuration file in macOS 27.0. The /pkg directory, containing subfolders env, etc, inv, and var, was reportedly added to the Data volume in macOS 26.4 and later to the root Signed System Volume in 27.0, according to researcher Howard Oakley. No official explanation for the directory's purpose has been found.
According to rumors compiled from reputable sources, Apple plans to announce its first touchscreen MacBook Pro around October 27, with a release following on or near November 6. The redesigned laptop is expected to feature a Tandem OLED display similar to the iPad Pro, a smaller Dynamic Island without Face ID support, and M5 Pro/M5 Max chips instead of the previously rumored M6 series.
Apple's upcoming macOS 27 (Golden Gate) will automatically remove Rosetta, the translation layer that lets Intel-built apps run on Apple Silicon Macs, with full support ending in macOS 28. IT admin Bradley Chambers notes that while most traditional apps will prompt users to reinstall Rosetta, some menu bar utilities from vendors without native Apple Silicon builds are failing silently with no warning.
Google has launched Googlebooks, a new line of laptops that run Android natively rather than ChromeOS, positioning them as premium alternatives to Windows and macOS machines. The initial lineup features touchscreens, aluminum and magnesium bodies, biometric unlock, large trackpads, and a light-up accessory called the Glowbar that signals Gemini activation and battery status, but most models cost well over a thousand dollars.
Apple has released second Release Candidate builds for macOS Sequoia 15.8.2 (build 24H225) and macOS Tahoe 26.7.2 (build 25G325), just a week after the first RCs appeared. Release notes for both still cite only unspecified 'important security fixes' with no further detail provided.
Apple has released the fourth developer beta of macOS 27.2 Golden Gate, resuming its weekly beta cadence after a two-week gap. The update's main feature is expanded Siri AI language support, adding French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish following the English-only launch with macOS 27.
Google rolled out Gemini 4 Argon with an update that embeds its Antigravity agent-based coding platform directly into the Gemini macOS app, accessible via a new Liquid Glass pill in the top-right corner. The Gemini app also added a Chat/Task switcher, a Scheduled view, search repositioning, and replaced slash commands with @ mentions for Skills, while renaming Connected Apps to Connectors. Antigravity access requires an AI Ultra subscription, while the new Gemini 4 Argon model itself needs AI Pro or higher.
A new paper describes Minions, a distributed system that aggregates spare GPU capacity from macOS devices running Apple Silicon chips to run large-scale machine learning inference workloads. The authors say the system handles task scheduling, fault tolerance, and resource utilization across these devices without requiring teams to buy additional GPU hardware.