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    From Martin =?UTF-8?Q?=CE=A4rautmann?=@t-usenet@gmx.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 14:09:27
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    Are there different color styles around, how you might change the
    appearance of MacOS windows and finder?

    The system settings -> appearance does not offer the options I want.

    I'm annoyed by the "white" look of every finder. Maybe I had better eyes before. But now everything is a blurr of white and light grey. I don't
    see any borders any more between tabs, vertical scroll bars etc.

    And when I change the format to "dark" I don't see any borders any more
    between different windows.
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  • From snipeco.2@snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 15:42:49
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    Martin ?rautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> wrote:

    Are there different color styles around, how you might change the
    appearance of MacOS windows and finder?

    The system settings -> appearance does not offer the options I want.

    I'm annoyed by the "white" look of every finder. Maybe I had better eyes before. But now everything is a blurr of white and light grey. I don't
    see any borders any more between tabs, vertical scroll bars etc.

    And when I change the format to "dark" I don't see any borders any more between different windows.


    Maybe you can find an accessibilty setting to help. I use Settings/Accessibility/Display/Increase contrast; it adjusts
    the definition of window and button boundaries, etc.
    --
    Sn!pe, birdbrain. My pet rock Gordon just is.
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  • From Martin =?UTF-8?Q?=CE=A4rautmann?=@t-usenet@gmx.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 17:12:59
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    On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:42:49 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
    Maybe you can find an accessibilty setting to help. I use Settings/Accessibility/Display/Increase contrast; it adjusts
    the definition of window and button boundaries, etc.

    Thanks - increasing contrast does show more visible borders now.
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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, August 20, 2026 11:13:02
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    On 2026-08-19 15:12:59 +0000, Martin Ī¤rautmann said:
    On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:42:49 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
    Maybe you can find an accessibilty setting to help. I use
    Settings/Accessibility/Display/Increase contrast; it adjusts the
    definition of window and button boundaries, etc.

    Thanks - increasing contrast does show more visible borders now.

    Unfortuantely you can't officially turn off the awful "Liquid Glass"
    nonsense and it's been many versions since you were able to
    'theme'/'skin' MacOS. :-(

    Until Apple finally sees sense (or more likely introduces something
    even worse!), the best you can do is tweak a few settings to tone down
    the "Liquid Glass" effects.
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qes6X7aAvI>

    Reportedly there is actually a hidden option that can be toggled via a Terminal command to *ALMOST* turn "Liquid Glass" off in MacOS 26, but
    doesn't quite fully work: <https://tidbits.com/2025/10/09/how-to-turn-liquid-glass-into-a-solid-interface/>



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  • From Martin =?UTF-8?Q?=CE=A4rautmann?=@t-usenet@gmx.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, August 20, 2026 09:00:38
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    On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:13:02 +1200, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-08-19 15:12:59 +0000, Martin Ī¤rautmann said:
    On Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:42:49 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:
    Maybe you can find an accessibilty setting to help. I use
    Settings/Accessibility/Display/Increase contrast; it adjusts the
    definition of window and button boundaries, etc.

    Thanks - increasing contrast does show more visible borders now.

    Unfortuantely you can't officially turn off the awful "Liquid Glass" nonsense and it's been many versions since you were able to
    'theme'/'skin' MacOS. :-(

    Until Apple finally sees sense (or more likely introduces something
    even worse!), the best you can do is tweak a few settings to tone down
    the "Liquid Glass" effects.
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qes6X7aAvI>

    Reportedly there is actually a hidden option that can be toggled via a Terminal command to *ALMOST* turn "Liquid Glass" off in MacOS 26, but doesn't quite fully work: <https://tidbits.com/2025/10/09/how-to-turn-liquid-glass-into-a-solid-interface/>


    Thanks!

    I'll give

    defaults write -g com.apple.SwiftUI.DisableSolarium -bool YES

    a try
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