GlyphSep 17, 2025
Do you have an Apple device with Liquid Glass, and do you like it?
have a Liquid Glass device, don’t like it
27.8%
have a Liquid Glass device, like it
26.1%
don’t have a Liquid Glass device, don’t like it
42.6%
don’t have a Liquid Glass device, like it
3.5%
Poll ended at .
Show threadGreg NewmanSep 17, 2025
@glyph not a huge fan of Liquid Glass but I’m sure I’ll get used to it. Outside of that, I have noticed massive battery drain since installing ios26.
Show threadGlyphSep 17, 2025
@greg I notice a big battery drain / device being hot for a day or two after every upgrade these days. I assume that they have some kind of Spotlight indexing happening in the background, my iPad/iOS devices have calmed down now
Show threadGreg Newman
@glyph have you updated to Tahoe? any issues there?
Sep 17, 2025 at 10:52amWeb
Show threadGlyphSep 17, 2025
@greg I have exactly 1 serious issue with Tahoe: Bartender (the 3rd party app for managing menu bar icons) is extremely, almost kind of shockingly, badly broken, despite having a version (6) that supposedly works with Tahoe. Otherwise everything seems fine? OmniFocus looks a little nicer (they don't enable the new UI look unless you're on Tahoe) but otherwise most apps are the same. The minor visual refreshes on stuff like the Dock are nice, and even Squircle Jail is growing on me
Show threadGreg NewmanSep 17, 2025
@glyph ok I might do the upgrade later this week. I’m still on bartender 5 so I wonder how that will behave. Good about OmniFocus! I have a lot of bugs with it on iOS.
Show threadGlyphSep 17, 2025
@greg Uninstall bartender 5. My system was unusable for 15 minutes after first boot until I ssh'd in to kill it. Bartender 6 is better in that it will stop glitching out for long enough for you to just quit it normally every 2-3 minutes.
Show threadGlyphSep 17, 2025
@greg They're apparently feverishly working on an update to 6 that fixes some issues people are having, but they announced the current version as "out of beta" and "ready", so, my confidence is low.
Show threadGreg NewmanSep 17, 2025
@glyph thanks for that info. I just experienced the updated CarPlay. That I do like.