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macOS 26.1 Public

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macOS Tahoe 26.1 reached the public channel on 2025-11-03. macOS Tahoe 26.1 added an opacity choice for Liquid Glass, extended Apple Music AutoMix to AirPlay, improved FaceTime audio under constrained network conditions, and changed default protections for existing child accounts.

Date
Nov 3, 2025
Availability
available
Revision
No

Release notes

What changed

Original editorial synthesis. Linked references appear with the claims they support and in the source ledger.

Public release

Apple's dated security record places the public macOS Tahoe 26.1 appearance on 2025-11-03. This page covers that public release and does not project cumulative notes onto an earlier beta.[1][2]

What changed

macOS Tahoe 26.1 added an opacity choice for Liquid Glass, extended Apple Music AutoMix to AirPlay, improved FaceTime audio under constrained network conditions, and changed default protections for existing child accounts.[2]

Security and evidence boundary

Apple's advisory records a broad security pass across authorization, privacy, code-signing, sandbox, file-system, media, kernel, Safari, and WebKit surfaces. The grouped entries below are a reader-oriented index, not a replacement for the full CVE bulletin.[3]

Source ledger

References

Sources are linked to the claims they support. Publication and access dates are shown when available.

  1. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — Released 2025-11-03

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  2. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.1

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  3. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — security content

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  4. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · Apple Account, App Store, Contacts, FileProvider, and privacy-related entries

  5. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Assets, CloudKit, Disk Images, Installer, Sandbox, and TCC entries

  6. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — Apple Music AutoMix

  7. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — Communication Safety and Web content filters

  8. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — FaceTime audio quality

  9. What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-29 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — Liquid Glass setting

  10. About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1

    Apple Support · Apple · 2026-07-30 · Safari, WebKit, and WebKit Canvas entries

Release changes

Changed in this release

Features, fixes, removals, and regressions first observed in this release record.

security · fixed

Code-signing, sandbox, and file-system protections

documentedconfirmed

The update tightened code-signing downgrade checks, sandbox and entitlement boundaries, symbolic-link handling, installer behavior, and access to protected file-system locations.

  1. [1] About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1 · AppleMobileFileIntegrity, Assets, CloudKit, Disk Images, Installer, Sandbox, and TCC entries

enhancement · introduced

Tinted Liquid Glass appearance

documentedconfirmed

A new appearance control let users choose the original clear Liquid Glass material or a more opaque tinted presentation in apps.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — Liquid Glass setting

enhancement · changed

Apple Music AutoMix over AirPlay

documentedconfirmed

Apple Music's AutoMix transitions became available when playback was sent over AirPlay.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — Apple Music AutoMix

enhancement · changed

FaceTime audio in low-bandwidth conditions

documentedconfirmed

FaceTime received an audio-quality improvement for calls operating with limited network bandwidth.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — FaceTime audio quality

security · fixed

Authorization and privacy hardening

documentedconfirmed

Apple documented repairs for sensitive-data exposure, embedded-view screenshots, logging, permissions, and authorization across account, application, and system services.

  1. [1] About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1 · Apple Account, App Store, Contacts, FileProvider, and privacy-related entries

behavior · changed

Child-account protection defaults

documentedconfirmed

Communication Safety and adult-site filtering became default-on protections for existing child accounts in the documented 13–17 age range, with the exact age varying by region.

  1. [1] What's new in the updates for macOS Tahoe 26 · macOS Tahoe 26.1 — Communication Safety and Web content filters

security · fixed

Safari and WebKit security repairs

documentedconfirmed

Safari spoofing and privacy issues were addressed alongside multiple WebKit memory-safety, cross-origin, and process-stability vulnerabilities.

  1. [1] About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.1 · Safari, WebKit, and WebKit Canvas entries