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I’ve been running the new 10.11 for a couple of weeks and have been loving it. Performance seems a touch faster and better even on my ancient workhorse of a Late-2008 Macbook Pro. I’ve definitely noticed it running cooler and spinning up the fans less often. But three things have really stood out to me that were notable and worth remark.

Flat Beach Ball of Death
The flattening of design continues and not even the rainbow pinwheel is immune from the trend. Not that crazy, maybe mildly interesting.
Retractable Menu Bar
How long has the menu bar been a sacred cow of the Mac interface? And now this little check box. Now that’s crazy.
Secure Empty Trash
Apparently this wasn’t working right so the solution, remove the feature. Say what?!?

I’m still on the fence about updating my late 2008 Macbook Pro to Yosemite. I might wait for the 10.10.1 release for any of the bugs not caught in the beta to shake out. I’m also a little wary about the typeface changes. But I am excited about the design and the inspiration that leads designers to create new things.

For those of you who have already taken the plunge, you might notice some apps still waiting for an update to freshen up their design or introduce a cleaner icon to fit the new Yosemite style. Luckily you can cleanup your dock yourself with custom icons for OSX applications. Here’s a rundown of the best so far.