Mac Apps Can Escape From Squircle Jail If They’re Not in the Mac App Store

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By John GruberJul 8, 2026, 5:03 pm236 ptsTrending
Tyler Hall: We all know about macOS Tahoe’s terrible app icons and how 3rd party developers have been confined to squircle jail. If you’re lucky enough to distribute an app outside the Mac App Store, you can break free of squircle jail using NSDockTilePlugIn. It’s not strictly the intended use-case of that…

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