Questions tagged [dark-mode]
Dark Mode is a feature introduced in macOS Mojave which utilizes a dark color scheme for background windows and controls while keeping your foreground windows focused so they stand out.
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How to set macOS Sonoma Dark Mode to work to your schedule?
Using the “Auto” option for appearance switches from light to dark based on sunset and sunrise times. I want to set a custom schedule. For instance, time to time for light, otherwise it's dark. Or, ...
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How to set appearance settings for a specific screen?
Is there a way to display the app on a specific screen always in light mode while simultaneously ensuring that the app follows the system appearance settings when its window is moved to another screen ...
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How to get Auto Dark Mode to work at sunset, not many hours later?
On Monterey 12.6.3 I have System Prefs > General > Appearance set to 'Auto'. This works, changing Dark to Light mode and back again automatically.
But it does so some hours after sunset.
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Is there a way to force a macOS app to open in dark mode when the system is set to light mode?
Is there a way to open a specific app in dark mode while the rest of the system is set to light mode?
I know the reverse can be done by setting NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance=true for the app in ...
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Can night shift be untied from automatic dark mode?
I have "Appearance" set to auto, which makes dark mode kicking in at the sunset. I'd like to have night shift shifting to warmer colours at 10pm, shortly before I go to bed, not at the ...
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How can I force Dark theme on menu bar?
I am using macOS Monterey 12.3.
From Desktop & Screen Saver => Desktop I have selected Dark (Still) under Big Sur.
When I reboot the machine menu bar color is always light, as light blue, ...
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Make PDF dark-mode friendly in Adobe DC Acrobat Reader or alternative
I was looking for a way to read a PDF in "dark mode". Found this answer here However I was curios if there's a way to make Adobe Acrobat Reader more dark-mode friendly or if there exists an ...
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Toggle system dark mode from Terminal
How can I toggle the system dark mode from Terminal without using AppleScript? I have already searched things like "zsh toggle dark mode" and "terminal set dark mode mac", but I ...
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MacOS dark mode not working
No matter how I try to change my Mac color to dark mode, it keeps changing to light.
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How turn on light mode for single app (Safari) on Big Sur 11.5.1
MacOS version is 11.5.1. In system preferences a dark appearance is selected. I want to apply a light appearance mode only to Safari. I did
defaults write com.apple.Safari ...
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What is a program to display PDF's in a dark theme friendly fashion on MacOS?
I am trying to read all my PDF's in dark theme, to preserve my vision since I work at a computer all day.
Adobe Acrobat reader offers this feature, in that you can go into accessibility and change the ...
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Theme setting missing in iPhone Gmail app
I want to turn off dark mode for the gmail app. It turned on yesterday without asking me. I know about the global iPhone dark mode setting and it’s set to dark mode but gmail should have its own ...
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Is there a way to force the dark mode of Mac third-party apps that do not have it?
I am a huge fan of dark mode, and I am wondering if there is a way to have dark mode on apps that have not implemented it yet.
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Always use dark mode, on Mojave
I have chosen Dark mode, under System Preferences > General > Appearance. Yet, it seems whenever starting up the computer, it switches back to Light.
I am guessing there is some "switch ...
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Why Auto-Dark-Mode doesn't work sometimes?
I'm using the 2020 Intel MacBook Pro and I'm facing the following problem.
The Auto-Dark-Mode of MacOS is not as stable as iOS or iPadOS. If I'm using a single app in foreground (probably Safari) and ...
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