Apple apps look different on different devices. Not liquid glass related.

I recently upgraded to Tahoe 26.0.1 on my Mac Mini (M4) and Macbook Air (M2). For some reason Mac apps (Mail, Finder, Preview, etc.) screen formats appear different. Can't find any settings that would account for this. See Mail screenshots below (Mac mini on top). Any help would be appreciated.



Mac mini, macOS 26.0

Posted on Nov 1, 2025 8:41 AM

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Nov 1, 2025 9:54 AM in response to pnweeks

pnweeks wrote:

I recently upgraded to Tahoe 26.0.1 on my Mac Mini (M4) and Macbook Air (M2). For some reason Mac apps (Mail, Finder, Preview, etc.) screen formats appear different.

Can't find any settings that would account for this. See Mail screenshots below (Mac mini on top). Any help would be appreciated.


Not much to go on here... what are we comparing?



It looks like you have some Accessibility feature turned on.

make some changes to your Settings and compare your results...


Increase Contrast(?) or Reduce Transparency(?)




in general—

ref: What’s new in macOS Tahoe - Apple Support


Apple apps look different on different devices. Not liquid glass related.

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