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    Apple restores the Select button in the Mail app in the latest iOS 26 beta

    Fifth betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 bring back a dedicated Select button to select multiple messages at once and mark them as read, archive or delete.

    iOS 26 official icon

    In earlier betas, this option was buried inside the … (ellipsis) menu, and even many longtime Mail users (this author included) have missed it completely.

    For many people who complained about it, the change represented an unnecessary regression in usability because you first had to tap the menu and then choose the Select option every time you wanted to select multiple email messages.

    Apple restores the Select button in the Mail app

    In iOS and iPadOS 26 beta 5, the Select button has been reinstated in the top-right corner of the app when browsing your mailboxes.

    Power users may point out that one doesn’t even need to tap the button because iOS has provided a secret multi-selection gesture for years now; just swipe down with two fingers to quickly select multiple email messages. This handy gesture immediately invokes the editing mode. Even better, it works in any list-based apps that support multi-item selections, such as Notes and Messages, for example.

    Other changes in response to beta feedback

    The latest betas bring other changes in response to feedback from beta testers. In iOS and iPadOS 26 beta 5, there’s a new toggle in the camera settings to revert the scroll direction when swiping to change shooting modes in the Camera app.

    It’s off by default, but you can turn it on to revert the scrolling direction when swiping to change shooting modes in the Camera app instead of the glass loupe at the bottom following the direction of your swipes. Some changes have already proved controversial, such as ditching the classic skeuomorphic Macintosh HD icon for a generic flash storage icon in macOS Tahoe 26 beta 5.

    Comparison of the old and new Macintosh HD icons in macOS Tahoe.

    Similar settings to revert some of the Liquid Design changes exist in the Safari and Phone apps. In the Phone app, you can switch to the classic layout by tapping the menu in the top-right corner. And in Safari, you can bring back the old address bar in the Tabs section found in Settings > Safari. By default, Safari uses the new compact bar design, which hides the buttons for bookmarks, open tabs and sharing options behind a three-dotted menu, but now you can override this change.

    Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2025/08/06/apple-ios-26-mail-app-select-button-restored/

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    macOS Tahoe swaps the skeuomorphic Macintosh HD icon for a generic one representing flash storage

    The fifth beta of Apple’s macOS Tahoe 26 operating system has retired the familiar Macintosh HD icon, replacing it with a generic version that isn’t winning any hearts.

    The physical hard drive icon labeled “Macintosh HD” has been a familiar sight on the desktop of Mac computers since the very first version of Mac OS X Cheetah 10.0.0 was released on March 24, 2001. However, macOS Tahoe has ended its 24-year run and replaced the beautiful skeuomorphic icon with a new one that looks fairly generic in the fifth beta of the operating system.

    As you may imagine, the internet has flipped. That’s hardly a surprise. The new icon looks very basic, and people have been emotionally attached to the old icon for so many years that many of them don’t like the change.

    macOS Tahoe retires the skeuomorphic Macintosh HD icon

    Like iOS 26 and other upcoming Apple operating systems, macOS Tahoe 26 represents a complete overhaul of the user interface. I don’t have anything bad to say about the Liquid Glass design, but people have been used to the classic Macintosh HD icon for so long that they’re going to miss the old icon.

    At least its skeuomorphic design resembled a hard drive with screws, vents and a warning sticker whereas the new one looks more like a modern solid state drive with rounded edges and a big Apple logo right in the center. As many people noticed online, the perspective of the new icon feels off compared to the old one.

    I get it, Apple no longer offers Macs with built-in hard drives and the new icon simply reflects that trend, but the change has nevertheless upset some longtime Mac fans, who took to social media to vent their frustration. At least the new disk icon is still aluminum instead of receiving a glass treatment like the rest of the interface in Tahoe.

    macOS makes it easy to change icons

    Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t provide a toggle to bring back the old icon, but that shouldn’t be much of a problem as macOS makes it easy to set custom desktop icons for storage devices like hard drives, flash media and more. Just open the Get Info window for the selected drive and paste in your own icon.

    macOS Tahoe also brings a new look for the built-in Disk Utility app. These aren’t the only polarizing design changes in macOS Tahoe. In earlier Tahoe betas, Apple flipped the decades-old Finder icon by swapping the dark and light sides. Following an uproar online, Apple fixed the icon in a subsequent beta so that it now shows the dark side on the left, as has been the case for many, many years.

    Source link: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2025/08/06/macos-tahoe-macintosh-hd-icon-change/