Diego 5d ago
Steve Troughton-Smith

Here's one for the icons-in-menus haters on macOS Tahoe:

defaults write -g NSMenuEnableActionImages -bool NO

It even preserves the couple of instances you do want icons, like for window zoom/resize

/cc @gruber

Mar 20 at 4:20pmIvory for Mac
Show threadMachiel6d ago
@stroughtonsmith @gruber so much cleaner love it
Show threadNMDoerner5d ago

@stroughtonsmith @gruber

FINALLY!

Thank you!

That is the only way to use the main menu in #macOS 26 "BrokenGlass"!

What a mess that version is, crazy really.

Show threadCaptain Salem5d ago
@stroughtonsmith @gruber Thank you. Still hate Tahoe though but this helps.
Show threadDmian 🇪🇺5d ago
@stroughtonsmith Can't thank you enough... 🙇‍♂️
Show threadolof hennig5d ago
@stroughtonsmith @gruber wonderful. If only they could bring back dock pinning.
Show threadQuarterSwede5d ago
@stroughtonsmith @gruber Much less visually overloaded and just plain easier/quicker to scan.
Show threadJohn Gruber5d ago
@stroughtonsmith How in the world did this go undiscovered until now?
Show threadlookmark5d ago
@gruber @stroughtonsmith Just Finder, though, huh
Show threadben4d ago
@lookmark Okay, so it is just for Finder? I thought I was doing something wrong.
Show threadhyperjeff2d ago
@luckie_reubs @lookmark It's unevenly supported. Pages, for example, sheds 95% of them. Messages is unaffected.
Show threadhyperjeff2d ago
@luckie_reubs @lookmark and it *really* cleans up xcode!
Show threadPatrick Seemann4d ago

@stroughtonsmith @gruber awesome.

PS: Some applications seem to be unimpressed by this, e.g. iTerm.

Show threadgcanyon4d ago
@stroughtonsmith @gruber Doesn't seem to have an effect on Safari? So far everything else works.
Show threadStefan Hecht4d ago
@stroughtonsmith @gruber This is AMAZING. Thank you, thank you, thank you. #dedyefyeverything
Show threadChris Messina4d ago

@stroughtonsmith @gruber just added a script to Raycast so you can toggle your menu icons at will!

https://github.com/raycast/script-commands/pull/1026

Show threadNorbert Heger6h ago

@chrismessina @stroughtonsmith @gruber Here you can also find a LaunchBar action for toggling menu icons. Have fun!

https://obdev.at/blog/evanesco-iconia/

“Evanesco Iconia!”

There’s a lot not to like about the new “every menu item needs an icon” feature in macOS Tahoe. They add visual noise to the menus. They make menus more inefficient to scan. They often result in an inconsistent alignment of menu item titles.…

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Show threadGregory4d ago

@stroughtonsmith @gruber heh, another case of Apple engineer rebellion. I like it. The previous one was where you could bring back the sensible (pre-Big Sur) layout of NSAlerts with a defaults write command. They did remove it eventually.

(I myself am staying on Sonoma for now)

Show threadenMTW4d ago
@stroughtonsmith do you have a collection of 'fix Tahoe' defaults writes (and things like that)?
Show threadtoniwonkanobi24d ago
@stroughtonsmith @gruber Seems like this only works for Finder? 😭
Show threadJohn Gruber3d ago
@toniwonkanobi2 @stroughtonsmith You need to quit and relaunch apps to see it take effect.
Show threadtoniwonkanobi23d ago
@gruber @stroughtonsmith tried it, and it doesn’t work in Safari at least. Will try more when I get back to my Mac