Notifications have transparent backgrounds (MacOS Tahoe 26.1)

Under MacOS Tahoe 26.1, all my notifications have transparent backgrounds and are unreadable as a result.



Appearance is set to "Light."


Liquid Glass is set to "Tinted."

Posted on Nov 4, 2025 8:19 AM

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Posted on Nov 5, 2025 4:29 AM

You can always enable System Settings > Accessibility > Display > Reduce transparency.

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Nov 4, 2025 9:44 AM in response to cbn12

Looks fine here. Maybe look at other display settings, especially those in Accessibility.


You can also try to create a new user account and see if you see the same problem there. That's a good trick to get a fresh set of defaults in case you've forgotten about some odd setting years ago.


And finally, always try a restart.

Notifications have transparent backgrounds (MacOS Tahoe 26.1)

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