✨ Major new features and changes in macOS Tahoe
| Category | What's new | Meaning/impact |
|---|---|---|
| Design/User Interface | New style Liquid Glass - more transparency, glass effects, background reflection, fine blur, etc. | The look of the system is more modern, lively and dynamic. |
| Ability to customize colors and appearance of folders (color folders, emoji, custom shades) | Better visual customisation according to the user's taste. | |
| Transparent menu bar, icon styles (tinted, “clear”) | Glassiness effect over the entire surface of operations and UI elements. | |
| Spotlight & Search | Significant Spotlight improvements - support of natural language, Quick Actions, filtering, integration with third-party APIs, etc. | Search is smarter, faster and more feature-rich. |
| Control centre & menu bar | You can customize the controls that appear in the Control Center and menu bar | More control over what's immediately available to you. |
| New applications & continuity | App „Phone“ - possibility to call via Mac & manage calls, SMS etc. | Better iPhone and Mac integration (Continuity). |
| App „Games“ - central app for games, overview, access to Game Center and cross-device play | Useful for players - to have everything together. | |
| App „Journal“ - entries, diary | New app for note taking, reflection, etc. | |
| Apple Intelligence/AI features | Extension of machine learning based functionalities, e.g. in Shortcutes, Spotlight search, better translations, content generation | Smart and contextual features to make working and interacting with the system easier. |
| Metal 4 & graphics | Support for new technology features for graphics, better rendering performance, image processing, etc. | For users who use graphics-intensive applications or games. |
| End of support for some Intel Macs | macOS Tahoe will be the last major release to support select Intel models - after that, only Apple Silicon Macs. | If you have an older Intel Mac, you may no longer receive major updates after Tahoe. |
