In macOS Tahoe Beta 2, Apple included a new option to add a background to the menu bar, making it possible to have a menu bar design that’s similar to the menu bar in macOS Sequoia. As part of ...

With iPadOS 26, Apple brings the menu bar concept from the Mac to the iPad without a menu bar background. This could be inspiration for the change on the Mac.

Menu bar background toggle, revised Finder icon The second developer beta of macOS Tahoe lets you enable the background of the macOS menu bar, which is disabled by default.