'Never have I experienced such a Windows-esque bug in macOS': Mission Control is a mess in macOS 27 Golden Gate — and users are questioning Apple's testing

Some of those who've upgraded to macOS 27 aren't happy They're complaining about bugs with the interface and sluggishness The main problem is with Mission Control, but there's also flak being aimed at Apple due to other issues – and its testing department is under fire Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate last week, and some early adopters are flagging up bugs and regretting their upgrade – although others are finding the new version smooth sailing.

The Reddit 'megathread' on macOS 27 bugs and issues highlights some of the more common problems that those upgrading are running into, some of which appear to be more severe than others.

The biggest beef is with Mission Control which a number of macOS 27 users are describing as broken.

It's in pretty bad shape by all accounts.

As one user put it in the above thread: "Been reading about this and finally tried it because I never use Mission Control and you're absolutely right.

Most NON smooth experience I've ever seen on a Mac." Someone replies to agree, and goes further: "It is, without a doubt, the most significant visual glitch I've encountered as a decades-long Mac user." Another Redditor observes : "I'm a power user of multi-desktops and Mission Control and I can't believe they've broken such a fundamental feature.

Yes, the animations are broken and sluggish, but the issue that breaks my workflow is when you drag a desktop to another monitor it leaves an unresponsive black screen behind.

"The only fix is to create a new desktop on the black screen, switch to this new desktop, then delete the new desktop." In a separate thread complete with an illustrative video clip, another Redditor declared that Mission Control is "glitchier, laggier, and buggier," and that: "The animations judder, and sometimes when switching to a full screen app I'll get a completely black screen." They added: "I've been using Macs for 20+ years, and remember [when] Exposé was released.

Never have I ever experienced such a Windows-esque bug in macOS." On top of this, there are complaints about sluggishness with some other areas of the interface in macOS 27 Golden Gate, including the menu bar and Control Center.

There are also frustrations being vented about Spotlight search not working properly, but this is apparently a symptom of the system reindexing after the installation of the new version of macOS.

Analysis: mission statement (Image credit: Image by Pexels from Pixabay) The biggest problem is clearly Mission Control, but stuttering, sluggishness and glitchy animations can reportedly extend to other areas of macOS 27 .