macOS Tahoe put your apps in icon jail? Here’s the fix

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By Zac HallAug 8, 2025, 9:38 am390 pts
Yesterday I highlighted macOS Tahoe’s aggressive behavior of putting nonconforming app icons inside an ugly gray box of shame. The change seems to affect the Mac user experience more than it impacts the app developer. It makes the actual icon 20% smaller and 80% harder to recognize. A great thing about the…

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