Nature Is Healing

Basic Apple Guy:

Apple just dropped the hardest icon glow-up for the new Chess icon in macOS 27 Beta 5.

Comparison of the Chess app icons in MacOS 27 Golden Gate: betas 1/2, betas 3/4, and an all new-icon for beta 5. The earlier ones show a flat brown knight. The new one in beta 5 shows a fully-articulated 3D silvery knight. The new one looks great. The previous ones look like shit.

This is not just a tweak or small improvement. This is the difference between total shit and a really nice icon.

★ Wednesday, 12 August 2026