Susan Kare, “Sketches for Graphic User Interface Icon” (detail) (1982), ink on graph paper, on view in ‘This Is for Everyone’ at MoMA (gift of the designer, 2015, photo by the author for Hyperallergic ...

With macOS 26, Apple has announced a dramatically new look to their UI: Liquid Glass. Solid material icon elements give way to softer, shinier, glassier icons. The rounded rectangle became slightly ...

The small garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak (Woz) began assembling parts for the first Apple computer still draws visitors who pose for pictures. Entrepreneurs and founders often make a ...

What if the apps you use every day suddenly felt fresher, more intuitive, and visually striking? Apple’s latest redesign of its app icons is doing just that—redefining how users interact with their ...

Apple's Liquid Glass software design language is bringing a new look to your Mac. Some of it you'll likely spot right away -- like the revamped menu bar, which will have a completely clear background.

On today’s developer beta release of macOS Tahoe 26, Apple replaced the old Macintosh HD icon, which depicted an actual hard disk drive, with a new SSD-looking icon. Here’s what it looks like. The old ...

macOS Tahoe quietly retires the old Mac drive icon in favor of a sleeker, SSD-inspired design. Tuesday's developer beta release of macOS Tahoe 26 brought a bit of sad news. The old Macintosh HD icon ...

The original Macintosh HD icon had been outdated for a great many years. It very clearly depicted a spinning metal hard disk drive long after Apple made the switch to chip-mounted SSDs. It wasn’t ...

Apple today updated its Apple Store app for the iPhone and iPad, introducing a new icon that better matches the Liquid Glass design changes added in iOS 26 and iPadOS 26. The new version of the icon ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...