You can reduce Liquid Glass transparency on macOS Tahoe — here's how

1. Open System Settings

To tone down the Liquid Glass transparency effect in macOS Tahoe, click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the screen and select System Settings.

2. View the Accessibility options (first method)

There are two ways of reducing transparency. The first is to select Accessibility from the left-hand side menu.

Next, select Display under the Vision section in the right-hand section of the window.

3. Reduce the transparency

Simply toggle the switch next to Reduce transparency and look at the menu bar: you will see an immediate difference – it will become a gray bar.

You will also find changes to the dock, widgets, icons and folders, all of which become more opaque.

4. Use the Tinted option (second method)

The second method only works if you don’t use the first method. It also requires you to update your Mac to macOS Tahoe 26.1. For this one, select Appearance from the left-hand menu.

5. Choose Tinted

If you select Tinted next to Liquid Glass, you will find opacity increases and there is greater overall contrast. You may, however, find it to be a more subtle change than if you reduce transparency.