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

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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 https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/01/ios-27-just-broke-15-years-of-muscle-memory-on-iphone-and-ipad/">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 https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/17/macos-27-golden-gate-beta-6-features-redesigned-traffic-light-window-controls/">adding delightful changes.

Still, there’s one change I’d like to see before macOS 27 is released next month.