Apple UI Transparency Complaints
Users complain about transparency, blur, and low-contrast effects in macOS and iOS UIs making elements hard to see, and recommend accessibility settings like Reduce Transparency and Increase Contrast for solid backgrounds and better readability.
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I know it's shit. But for all of you, regardless of whether it's Mac OS or iOS, go to accessibility options and enable high contrast. It removes transparency/liquid glass.
I think they refuse to pick a shade of grey for their UI's background, so we're stuck with transparent elements.
cool widget but sucks on a mac where default background is white. yellow stuff is almost invisible.
System Preferences > Accessibility [Display] -> Check "Reduce Transparency"
A reminder, if you dislike the liquid glass look, that going into System settings / Accessibility / Display and toggling “Increase contrast” gets you a properly nice design with actual borders and solid backgrounds. 100% recommended.
Apple doesn’t let you set a black background?
This is awesome! Would love the ability to alter the background of the window beyond light & dark.
Indeed. I didn't look at a dark mode. Might just be me, I hate the transparency effects in ios26 and on Ollama web UI too.
Some of the apps like Weather, notification center, Stocks look brilliant, other seem too white. Why is it so damn white?
How does it look if you enable "Reduce Transparency" in Accessibility - Display settings?