![]() With Apple’s edict, all its own app icons, and those of many third parties, have now adopted the rounded rectangle, making them uniform, and in many cases barely distinguishable.Ĭocoa Design Google Chrome Icons Mac Mac App Mac App Store macOS 11. The frequency with which I open the wrong Apple app from the Dock isn’t getting any less. I would pay $$$ for an update to Transmit whose only new feature was bringing back the good app icon.īut it’s app icons which keep foxing me. He’s actually modifying the application package on disk. I’m using NSWorkspace at runtime to change the icon on Big Sur while keeping the same icon on Catalina, precisely for that reason This way works when the app isn’t running, but it requires an extra target/bundle and isn’t allowed in the Mac App Store. This is using the (now somewhat dated) NSDockTilePlugin API, which is mainly used for calendar apps to show the current date in their icon. Nova 3 even adds a super cool feature: a customizable dock icon that can automatically switch from “light” to “dark” when your Mac switches appearance. Unfortunately, the - API only works while the app is running. My apps have long offered the option to switch the Dock icon at runtime, as some people always prefer a previous style. I get these questions every time the prevailing icon style changes. The new icon style is more consistent, at the cost of readability. The older icon style is easier to spot in the Dock (bigger and has a unique shape). It’s clear that customers want both icon styles. And you might feel just the opposite at that point.If you’re a developer with a Mac app, you’ve likely heard both of the following support requests in the past few days:ġ) “Can you put the old icon style icon back?”Ģ) “When are you going to update to the new icon style?” Please realize this – there’s a large group of people using an earlier version of OS. Unfortunately, as they did not do so, we are generally forced to upset one part of users – either you, the eager ones who upgraded immediately and have a very strong feeling about what their Dock should look like or upset the large portion of users sticking with older OS because they are not ready to upgrade for whatever reason. If Apple provided a way for us developers to supply different icons for Big Sur and previous versions, it would be a no-brainer and the new icons would be there from day 1. ![]() It’s “just” an icon and as I’ve mentioned elsewhere, Downie and Permute will be getting new icons by the end of this year. Please note that while I understand your point, and to some extent I do agree that developers should promote new technologies, it’s “just” an icon! And it will be updated! It’s not like if the app stopped working or you had to worry about other compatibility issues. Eon – v2.8.4 (Dec 1) – Big Sur compatible, runs natively on Apple Silicon.Rottenwood – v1.2.8 (Nov 26) – Big Sur compatible, runs natively on Apple Silicon.UctoX – v2.8.3 (Nov 26) – Big Sur compatible, runs natively on Apple Silicon.Full support for Apple Silicon is coming soon. Many parts run natively on Apple Silicon, remaining parts run just fine via Rosetta. Downie – v4.1.9 (Nov 19) – Big Sur compatible, runs natively on Apple Silicon.However, for a full guarantee, I used Image2Icon, free from the App Store. Many developers started updating their, our apps will be updated as well, when the time comes our apps have already been updated as well. Incidentally, for the Macintosh HD disk, I used the Big Sur main icon, which you can locate by opening the macOS Installer application in Preview, then selecting a specific icon you want, then copying it. Yes, Big Sur did change the way the icons look. Other conversions in my testing run on par with or faster than iMac 27” 2017 (4.2 GHz i7). If your concern is about Permute’s speed, it’s not entirely founded – hardware-accelerated conversions (most of them by default) run in an out-of-process native XPC and are not slowed down at all. Downie, UctoX, Rottenwood and Eon have already been updated to run natively on Apple Silicon, Permute will follow, but there is no need to wait for it as it will run fine via Rosetta. Apple Silicon Native SupportĪll of our (maintained) apps are running just fine on Apple Silicon. Just report it using the in-app support dialog (using the Support button in the main window, menu popover, Help menu in the menu bar, etc). If you see a bug, it’s just because I haven’t noticed it. macOS 11 Big SurĪll of our (maintained) apps are compatible with macOS Big Sur. Please keep in mind that all 99% of apps will work on Big Sur as-is, the same goes for Apple Silicon as Apple’s Rosetta can run apps compiled for Intel with almost no speed difference. ![]() I keep getting questions about Big Sur compatibility and Apple Silicon native versions of the apps.
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