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Thank God, Touchscreen macOS Isn’t Remotely Close to Windows 8

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Thank God, Touchscreen macOS Isn’t Remotely Close to Windows 8

Apple’s macOS for its Mac laptops and desktops was designed as an operating system for mouse and keyboard input. That’s no longer the case; with the launch of the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, the desktop software is now optimized for tapping and swiping.

Unlike Windows 8’s disastrous Modern UI (originally called Metro UI) that replaced the familiar desktop and Start menu with a colorful tile-based interface, touch on macOS Golden Gate simply makes the desktop interface more finger-friendly. Now we know why Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe and Golden Gate has rounded buttons and window corners—it was all groundwork for touch support. For example, icons in the menu bar have more space between them for more precise taps.

Much of the multitouch behavior that you’re used to on an iPhone and an iPad works exactly like you’d expect on the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display. For example, in Safari, you can “pull-to-refresh” a webpage in Safari, tap and drag tabs to rearrange them, and pinch-to-zoom to enlarge or shrink content. In Apple’s presentation video, it shows how you could play a piano by touching the keys on the screen.

Apple did say that it reinforced the hinge to make the screen more stable, but as you can see in the video demo below, there’s still some wobble when you tap on the touchscreen.

And just like on an iPhone, you can tap on the Dynamic Island to view Live Activities and notifications for apps that are running in the background.


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