Re: [Bibdesk-users] Icon does not fit with Tahoe style

[Christiaan H. <cmh...@gm...>]

> On 22 Jan 2026, at 04:58, Adam R. Maxwell via Bibdesk-users <bib...@li...> wrote:
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>> On Jan 21, 2026, at 18:21 , quark67 via Bibdesk-users <bib...@li...> wrote:
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>>> But changing the icons is a lot of work, especially as it should also work in older systems (Apple has now made it very hard if not impossible to be fully cross-compatible)
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>> Yes, according to the last update (2025-11-12) at https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/08/08/separate-icons-for-macos-tahoe-vs-earlier/
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> I would never have changed it from Mike's original folder/pen icon, so you guys are lucky Christiaan is in charge now! 
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> IMHO it's not really worth the effort to bend to every variation of Apple's design fads, especially if you support older platforms, since Apple will just find a way to make it look even stupider next year. Apple has made backwards compatibility a lot harder for developers over the last 15 years, and deserves nothing but ill will and castigation for it.
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> One of my favorite pithy comments on Apple's new icons was linked on Michael Tsai's blog:
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> https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/01/13/apple-creator-studio/
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> Héliographe:
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> "If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design."
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> https://mastodon.social/@heliographe_studio/115890819509545391
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> Adam
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I basically agree with that. Unfortunately, keeping the original icon became untenable because it is really low resolution (128 pixels rather than 1024), which becomes horrible on modern computers.That was really the main reason I updated the icons at the time, and then I sort-of followed the guidelines. I did not really like those (too uniform) styles, but I succumbed. But not completely, and that seems to bite now (in this case the little tab at the top causes it to be caged).

Christiaan