Who publishes the guides?
Quartz develops and supports Tuck. Tuck feature, permission, update-channel and compatibility statements are checked against the current app behavior, signed release artifacts, public repository, release notes, terms and privacy policy. We do not present Quartz as an independent reviewer of its own product.
Which sources are used for competitors?
Competitor claims should come from the vendor's current official website, documentation, public source repository or marketplace listing. Community posts can identify questions worth answering, but they are not treated as authoritative evidence for price, privacy, ownership, support or compatibility.
- Feature claims are linked to the first-party page that supports them.
- Prices are either linked to checkout or omitted when they cannot be verified reliably.
- Old reviews are not copied into structured data or presented as current ratings.
- A roadmap item is described as a roadmap item, not as a shipped feature.
- Comparisons state important Tuck limitations instead of implying feature parity.
macOS 27 launch claims, including competitor status statements, follow this same sourced and dated discipline, tracked in our internal evidence log against a source class and an observation date for every assertion.
What is tested directly?
Quartz can verify Tuck's own installation, permission prompts, Push Mode, Shelf Mode, per-icon behavior, stable and Preview update channels, and published downloads. A comparison page does not claim direct testing of a competitor unless that test and its environment are explicitly documented on the page.
How are Stable and Preview releases separated?
Stable channel
Tuck 1.1.7 build 87 is the current Stable release for macOS 14–27. It uses the normal signed Sparkle feed and remains the default download.
Preview channel
One stable release for macOS 14–27. Shelf icons are sharper and more accurate, with distorted or washed-out menu-bar captures fixed and apps no longer falling back to generic icons; Notification Center opens from the clock noticeably faster without briefly revealing hidden icons, and clicking the clock while Notification Center is open now closes it. On macOS 27, core system controls remain visible and items from the same app are managed together. Screen Recording enables original menu-bar images in Shelf; without it, app icons are used. Compatibility guide
One stable release for macOS 14–27. Shelf icons are sharper and more accurate, with distorted or washed-out menu-bar captures fixed and apps no longer falling back to generic icons; Notification Center opens from the clock noticeably faster without briefly revealing hidden icons, and clicking the clock while Notification Center is open now closes it. On macOS 27, core system controls remain visible and items from the same app are managed together. Screen Recording enables original menu-bar images in Shelf; without it, app icons are used. Compatibility guide
When is a page marked updated?
The visible update date changes only after a material review or revision, such as a source recheck, version change, corrected comparison, new test boundary or substantial answer rewrite. Mechanical formatting changes alone should not be used to create a false freshness signal. Visible dates and Article JSON-LD dates must agree.
How can readers request a correction?
Email [email protected] with the page URL, the sentence in question and a primary source that supports the correction. We review factual corrections against current evidence and update the page, source note and modified date when warranted.
What is the commercial boundary?
Tuck pages can link to the free download and paid Pro checkout. Editorial comparisons should not invent urgency, rankings, testimonials, aggregate ratings or unsupported claims about another product. A useful guide should help a reader decide not to choose Tuck when a different workflow is the better fit.