Download the betas

My goodness, you’d think from the online invective that Tim Cook murdered babies during yesterday’s WWDC opening keynote.

The hot takes are flying thick and fast, and the hatred for the new Liquid Glass UI far outweighs the celebratory posts.

People who like the new UI seem to number in the dozens, and even that may be an exaggeration.

But count me among them. As promised, I downloaded the various betas on all my primary devices. So far, I’m loving all of them.

I know it’s a cliche, but my iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch really do feel like new devices (at least they did for a few minutes while I got used to the new look and feel).

The betas are a bit buggy, but perfectly usable, for me anyway.

The legibility problems that many are complaining about are overblown, and I like very much the redesigns of key apps, like the Camera and Phone apps, which are easier to use than the old designs.

So if you’re a reckless fool like me, here’s how to make your iPhone unusable for the next few months.

Also in today’s newsletter:

• This one is huge! Apple seems to have finally fixed the iPhone’s awkward and inconsistent back gesture. No more fiddly finger gymnastics. And I’ll bet everyone loves this iOS tweak.

• It’s getting toward the end of the line for Intel Macs; macOS Tahoe is the final OS update for these machines. But what about your other Apple devices? Here’s what’ll run what.

• MacPilot is well-reviewed software that will let you endlessly tweak the Unix system that underlies macOS, and we have it on sale.

• If you don’t have 90 minutes to watch the WWDC keynote, you can surely spare 90 seconds for our speedrun recap.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

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Results from yesterday’s poll: How do you like Liquid Glass?

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