For a company as adept at design as Apple is, the companys decision to completely revamp the Finder icon in macOS Tahoe 26 was bewildering. Whereas the icon historically featured a dark shade of blue on the left and a lighter shade on the right, Apple, for reasons that defy explanation, opted to reverse the color scheme with macOS Tahoe. In one fell swoop, Apple undid decades of tradition and left many Mac enthusiasts scratching their heads. Everything Apple does is purposeful, but this design decision seemed completely arbitrary and ill-conceived.Thankfully, Apple heard the cries of the Mac faithful. The company earlier this week rolled out macOS Tahoe beta 2 and reverted the color scheme of the Finder icon back to its original state.As a point of reference, heres what the original incarnation of the Finder icon in macOS Tahoe looked like:Image source: AppleAnd here's what the Finder icon has looked like for years:Finder icon in macOS Sonoma Image source: AppleAnd with the latest macOS beta, the Finder icon looks like this:Updated Tahoe Finder icon Image source: AppleJustice has been served.Well, sort of. There's still something a bit off about the design. The problem, in my opinion, is that the light blue face on the right doesn't stretch to fill the outer bounds of the icon itself. Whereas the original Finder icon gives equal weight to both hues, the new Finder icon prioritizes the dark blue face on the left, with the light blue face on the right almost seeming like an afterthought.To this end, John Gruber recently opined:The Tahoe beta 2 Finder icon is slightly better, but seeing it this way makes it obvious that the problem with the Tahoe Finder icon isnt whether its dark/light or light/dark from left to right. Its that with this Tahoe design its not 50/50. Its the appliquthe right side (the face in profile) looks like something stuck on top of a blue face tile. Thats not the Finder logo.Again, it's dumbfounding why Apple would make such a change. It's simply different for the sake of being different, with no direction or purpose.How Apple can improve the Finder icon designSo, what's the solution?Well, a few designers online have mocked up ways for Apple to restore the logo to its proper glory while keeping the Liquid Glass framework intact. The best one we've seen yet, and which we highlighted last week, remains Michael Flarup's design:https://twitter.com/flarup/status/1932543938751312018The good news is that Apple, especially in the early days of new macOS and iOS releases, is very receptive to feedback. The company is open to making changes, and hopefully, we'll see a vastly improved Finder icon by the time macOS Tahoe officially ships.The post Latest macOS Tahoe beta fixes the Finder icon, but its still not great appeared first on BGR.