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macOS 27 Golden Gate makes one design decision that I would change for MacBooks

Apple's macOS 27 Golden Gate, due next month, introduces a redesigned traffic-light window control in beta 6, but a 9to5Mac editor would change one design decision for MacBooks. The editor praises most of the update but suggests altering the new swipe-down gesture that invokes Siri AI, which breaks muscle memory for Notification Center on iPhone and iPad.

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If there’s one change I could make to iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, it would be disabling the new swipe-down gesture to invoke Siri AI. There are enough ways to summon Siri that don’t break my muscle memory around opening Notification Center on my iPhone and iPad. Meanwhile, on the Mac, it’s almost all good news with macOS 27 Golden Gate. Even in late August, new betas are still adding delightful changes. Still, there’s one change I’d like to see before macOS 27 is released next month.

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