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Liquid Glass Transparency Effects on macOS 27

These don’t really appear to work for me but jotting here anyway. (Cached from this post).

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Softer scroll edge

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# System-wide\ndefaults write -g MPV8 -bool false\n\n# Per-app example: Mail\ndefaults write com.apple.mail MPV8 -bool false\n\n# Restore system default\ndefaults delete -g MPV8\n\n# Restore Mail default\ndefaults delete com.apple.mail MPV8\n

Fully transparent

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# System-wide\ndefaults write -g NSScrollPocketEnabled -bool false\n\n# Per-app example: Mail\ndefaults write com.apple.mail NSScrollPocketEnabled -bool false\n\n# Restore system default\ndefaults delete -g NSScrollPocketEnabled\n\n# Restore Mail default\ndefaults delete com.apple.mail NSScrollPocketEnabled\n

Restart affected apps, or reboot Mac.

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", "id": "69179b41-65ae-519f-a4f3-f91004806c4a", "modified": "2026-09-18T21:10:49Z", "revisions": [ { "authorEmail": "anand.nikhil@gmail.com", "authorName": "afreeorange", "date": "2026-09-18T21:10:49Z", "id": "15a4e207d1385dcd675fc0e85396f38e95dbbf8d", "shortId": "15a4e207", "subject": "Initial commit\n", "content": "These don't really appear to work for me but jotting here anyway. ([Cached from this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1wir6oa/heres_how_to_bring_back_more_transparency_in/)).\n\n![](https://public.nikhil.io/wiki.nikhil.io/liquid-glass.jpeg)\n\n### Softer scroll edge\n\n```bash\n# System-wide\ndefaults write -g MPV8 -bool false\n\n# Per-app example: Mail\ndefaults write com.apple.mail MPV8 -bool false\n\n# Restore system default\ndefaults delete -g MPV8\n\n# Restore Mail default\ndefaults delete com.apple.mail MPV8\n```\n\n### Fully transparent\n\n```bash\n# System-wide\ndefaults write -g NSScrollPocketEnabled -bool false\n\n# Per-app example: Mail\ndefaults write com.apple.mail NSScrollPocketEnabled -bool false\n\n# Restore system default\ndefaults delete -g NSScrollPocketEnabled\n\n# Restore Mail default\ndefaults delete com.apple.mail NSScrollPocketEnabled\n```\n\nRestart affected apps, or reboot Mac.\n\n" } ], "sizeInBytes": 895, "source": "These don't really appear to work for me but jotting here anyway. ([Cached from this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1wir6oa/heres_how_to_bring_back_more_transparency_in/)).\n\n![](https://public.nikhil.io/wiki.nikhil.io/liquid-glass.jpeg)\n\n### Softer scroll edge\n\n```bash\n# System-wide\ndefaults write -g MPV8 -bool false\n\n# Per-app example: Mail\ndefaults write com.apple.mail MPV8 -bool false\n\n# Restore system default\ndefaults delete -g MPV8\n\n# Restore Mail default\ndefaults delete com.apple.mail MPV8\n```\n\n### Fully transparent\n\n```bash\n# System-wide\ndefaults write -g NSScrollPocketEnabled -bool false\n\n# Per-app example: Mail\ndefaults write com.apple.mail NSScrollPocketEnabled -bool false\n\n# Restore system default\ndefaults delete -g NSScrollPocketEnabled\n\n# Restore Mail default\ndefaults delete com.apple.mail NSScrollPocketEnabled\n```\n\nRestart affected apps, or reboot Mac.\n\n", "title": "Liquid Glass Transparency Effects on macOS 27", "untracked": false, "uri": "/Liquid_Glass_Transparency_Effects_on_macOS_27", "relativePath": "Liquid Glass Transparency Effects on macOS 27.md" }