- Turn off System Integrity Protection by running
csrutil disablein recoveryOS - Download launchbad-revived and unzip it
- Open Terminal and run
~/Downloads/launchbad-revived-main/launchpad - In Finder > Applications, right click Launchpad, click Get Info, and drag
assets/AppIcon.icnsonto the Launchpad icon to break it out of icon jail
This has been tested up until macOS Golden Gate 27. This script will replace your current Dock with an older Dock pre-extracted from macOS 26.0 beta 4, and installs Launchpad pre-extracted from macOS 26.0 beta 3. During installation, this script prints signing information from these pre-extracted apps so you can confirm they are authentic.
To uninstall, run ~/Downloads/launchbad-revived-main/launchpad again. If you want to use Launchpad but don’t want to disable System Integrity Protection, download LaunchOS instead.
To customize the window corner radius on macOS Golden Gate or macOS Tahoe, open Terminal and run the following command. This works even if System Integrity Protection is enabled.
defaults write -g NSConvolutionOverride1 -float 9
You can replace 9 with the corner radius you'd like to use. 4 matches macOS Catalina, 9 matches macOS Sequoia, 15 matches macOS Golden Gate, 0.1 makes windows square.
On macOS Tahoe, you can also customize the sidebar glass platter corner radius, or use edge-to-edge sidebar (see next section):
defaults write -g NSSplitViewItemGlassMinimumCornerRadius -float 6
To reset, open Terminal and run the following command.
defaults delete -g NSConvolutionOverride1
defaults delete -g NSSplitViewItemGlassMinimumCornerRadius
To use edge-to-edge sidebar on macOS Tahoe, open Terminal and run the following command. This works even if System Integrity Protection is enabled.
defaults write -g NSSplitViewItemSidebarDefaultsToFloatingAppearance -bool false
To reset, open Terminal and run the following command.
defaults delete -g NSSplitViewItemSidebarDefaultsToFloatingAppearance
To disable Liquid Glass on macOS Golden Gate or macOS Tahoe, open Terminal and run the following command. You won’t see your password as you type. Changes take effect after restart.
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SwiftUI.plist Solarium -dict Enabled -bool false
defaults write -g NSAlertGlassSolariumEnabled -bool false
This has been tested up until macOS Golden Gate 27. When Liquid Glass is disabled on macOS Golden Gate or macOS Tahoe, column view clips folder content in Finder. When Liquid Glass is disabled on macOS Golden Gate, the new Siri app crashes on launch.
You can disable Liquid Glass without turning off System Integrity Protection or reinstalling Launchpad, but unless you turn off System Integrity Protection and reinstall Launchpad, system UI such as Dock, Control Center and Notification Center appear without any background material, which can be hard to read.
To re-enable Liquid Glass on macOS Golden Gate or macOS Tahoe, open Terminal and run the following command. You won’t see your password as you type. Changes take effect after restart.
sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/SwiftUI.plist
defaults delete -g NSAlertGlassSolariumEnabled
You can also download and extract Dock.app from macOS 26.0 beta 4 (ipsw, decryption key) and Launchpad.app from macOS 26.0 beta 3 (ipsw, decryption key) yourself.
aea decrypt -i ~/Downloads/UniversalMac_26.0_25A5316i_Restore/044-44752-107.dmg.aea -o ~/Downloads/UniversalMac_26.0_25A5316i_Restore/044-44752-107.dmg -key-value 'base64:6AgFrh6bxZ4tKfIKnDwvT1aXLbgRivDiLDmw/AF9vfU='
aea decrypt -i ~/Downloads/UniversalMac_26.0_25A5306g_Restore/044-44752-094.dmg.aea -o ~/Downloads/UniversalMac_26.0_25A5306g_Restore/044-44752-094.dmg -key-value 'base64:SwvusTPGzVJX9bJa6t5EWTpmLHFnAfC8Zft3VUpPKGY='
You can compare the shasum of your own extraction with what's in the repo, which matches. You can also use your own .app bundles by placing them in ./assets.