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macOS Tahoe 26.4 Now Available With Safari Compact Tab Bar, Battery Charge Limits and More

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Apple today released macOS Tahoe 26.4, the fourth major update to the ‌macOS Tahoe‌ operating system. ‌macOS Tahoe‌ comes six weeks after Apple released ‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.3.

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Mac users can download the new software by opening up the System Settings app and navigating to the Software Update section.

‌macOS Tahoe‌ 26.4 returns the compact tab bar option to Safari for those who prefer the slimmed down look, along with a new Charge Limit feature for the Mac so you can set a maximum charge level from 80 to 100 percent. It also adds new eight emoji characters, and it displays warnings for apps that will stop working in the future. Apple is ending support for Rosetta 2 after macOS 27, so app that are still using Rosetta will display a popup letting users know that the app won't work starting with macOS 28.

macOS 26.4 also includes Apple Creator Studio for the Freeform app and it has the same Family Sharing change as iOS 26.4. Adult members of a family group can now opt to use their own payment methods for purchases instead of having to share one.

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Top Rated Comments

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nortonandreev
21 weeks ago
25E246 - newer build, compared to the RC.
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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tennisproha
21 weeks ago
SAFARI COMPACT TABS ARE BACK! Now we just need all the macOS bugs fixed.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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head_bigg
21 weeks ago
Available if you have 26.3.1 but not showing if you have 26.3.1 (a).
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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ahoyo1
21 weeks ago

This is quite annoying. Hopefully a fix comes fast.
… and this is how you get early adopters to turn off “Background security improvements.”
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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iSuzan
21 weeks ago

For those unable to see the update.

Have you tried restarting your Macs?
No.. not that desperate! ;-)
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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mscrutchin
21 weeks ago
For any music nerds with large local libraries, Music version 1.6.4.88 in Tahoe 26.4 seems like it has some nice optimization improvements.

As I posted elsewhere, I have an entirely local library of 70K songs (5,000+ albums) on my 2020 Intel iMac's internal SSD. With all previous Tahoe versions, there was some serious beach-balling whenever I'd hit Shuffle on one of my smart playlists with 20K tracks or more. The duration of the beach-balling increased with playlist size, so a 60K smart playlist would take more than a minute after hitting Shuffle for the music to start. This didn't happen on Sequoia.

I'm incredibly happy to report that with this update, the stalling/beach-balling is gone! A 60,000-song smart playlist now begins playing instantly when I hit Shuffle. Instantly! All around, Music feels snappier.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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