How to Enable Dark Mode on Mac

[justperry]

It's here! It's here! Where's my 3D icon of a PM 6100??

I understand : It's here! It's here! " (Dark Mode) but the second part, Huh, wrong thread or what?(Powermac 6100 icon)
Or am I missing something.

 

[H2SO4]

I already see a lot of MacBooks in DJs’ businesses and clubs. Now with this mode, Apple is going to kill it.

What Apple killed was a small team of devs, don’t know if you remember Shapeshifter haxies from back in the day.
This is nothing new. But welcome nonetheless.

 

[trevor12]

What Apple killed was a small team of devs, don’t know if you remember Shapeshifter haxies from back in the day.
This is nothing new. But welcome nonetheless.

in older mac os systems is possible to try

System Preferences - Accessibility - Display - Invert colours

 

[Marx55]

Dark Mode? Nope. That is the way computers (except Apple ones) worked 40 years ago. It is much easier to read black text on white background that the other way round. Apple, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

 

[Marekul]

WHY IS THERE NO DARK MODE FOR iOS?!!!!!!

i have 3x home set to invert screen. It’s looking nice most of the time you can quickly toggle...

 

[Taipan]

Dark mode is not meant for casual users, it meant to be use by individuals that spend a lot of time in front of an screen, developers, frontend dudes, designers, etc...adobe For example has a dark mode, most code IDE’s have a dark mode and it’s welcomed by everyone that uses them.

But that's what I'm not getting. It's geared towards users who spend a lot of time in front of their screens, so it should be easier on the eyes. But to me it seems like the opposite is true. Perhaps my eyes are weird.

 

[harriska2]

I would love this and stacks. Wish I could afford a mac I’ll just stick with my 2011 i5 $680 windows 7 4k machine with $700 Samsung 40” monitor. Maybe Apple will make something that isn’t sealed and cost an arm, leg, torso, and first born. Not holding my breath.

 

[Winni]

Dark Mode? Nope. That is the way computers (except Apple ones) worked 40 years ago. It is much easier to read black text on white background that the other way round. Apple, if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

It's just a desktop theme, like Ubuntu and dozen other Linuxes offer it. You don't have to use it if you don't like it. I personally don't use dark themes -- I type and read a lot of text (and code), and I find dark themes harder to read and more tiring for my eyes. In other words, a dark theme is a useless gimmick for me, but I don't have to use it, so everything's fine.

What I don't get is that people talk about it that much -- is that the only new thing that Mojave brings, is there nothing else to talk about? If so, then that's rather pathetic.

 

[mixel]

I absolutely love dark mode and will not be switching back. As a visual focused user it makes a lot more sense than everything being bright/white. Your content stands out a lot more.

After the initial acclimation it’s clear and unobtrusive.

 

[riverfreak]

Dark mode is not meant for casual users, it meant to be use by individuals that spend a lot of time in front of an screen, developers, frontend dudes, designers, etc...adobe For example has a dark mode, most code IDE’s have a dark mode and it’s welcomed by everyone that uses them.

So use your IDE in full screen mode. The whole OS? I don’t think you want your front end dude and graphic designer building out your product amidst dark mode.

 

[sjtidy]

But that's what I'm not getting. It's geared towards users who spend a lot of time in front of their screens, so it should be easier on the eyes. But to me it seems like the opposite is true. Perhaps my eyes are weird.

Depends what you’re looking at. Video and photo editing, animation, graphic design - all of those professions are suited to dark GUIs. The Adobe suite has defaulted to dark modes for ages.

 

[mixel]

So use your IDE in full screen mode. The whole OS? I don’t think you want your front end dude and graphic designer building out your product amidst dark mode.

Why the heck not? It literally makes no difference. It’s totally subjective - some people find it easier on the eyes, others find it more difficult on them. There’s no right way but it doesn’t in any way interfere with how applications work.

 

[CBJammin103]

There’s an official exception key to disable dark windows per app and it works globally too (unless an app overrides it) with a Terminal command:

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool YES

Essentially it looks like dark menu and Dock mode.

Perfect, thanks! I've hoping there was a way to do this. As a developer I was thinking I'd love Dark Mode but I can't get into it.

 

[DotCom2]

I would love this and stacks. Wish I could afford a mac I’ll just stick with my 2011 i5 $680 windows 7 4k machine with $700 Samsung 40” monitor. Maybe Apple will make something that isn’t sealed and cost an arm, leg, torso, and first born. Not holding my breath.

Why don’t you just look for a used or refurbished one? Older imac’s run just fine. Just make sure it’s newer than 2012 so it will run Mojave.

 

[miric]

Facepalm.heic
I adore such kind of tutorials about so obvious things.

 

[mistasopz]

Dark mode: true innovation in macOS these days folks.

 

[MadDawg2020]

So in other words it’s in the system preferences - like nearly every other system setting.

macOS Mojave, the newest version of the software that runs on the Mac, includes a long-awaited Dark Mode option that works across the entire system, from the dock and menu bar to all of your apps.

Here's how to enable it:

1. Click on the Apple logo on the menu bar.
   
2. Choose System Preferences.
   
   
   
   
3. Select General.
   
   
   
   
4. In the "Appearance" section at the top of the window, click the "Dark" option.
   
   

Those are the only steps required to enable Dark Mode. If you want to turn it off again, follow the same steps but this time choose the "Light" option.

While in Dark mode, the dock, menu bar, and all of your Apple apps, including Safari, Mail, Calendar, Notes, the Mac App Store, Messages, and more will feature darker colors and themes. Dark Mode will need to be built into third-party Mac apps that don't already offer a dark option when macOS Mojave is released.

Article Link: How to Enable Dark Mode in macOS Mojave

So

macOS Mojave, the newest version of the software that runs on the Mac, includes a long-awaited Dark Mode option that works across the entire system, from the dock and menu bar to all of your apps.

Here's how to enable it:

1. Click on the Apple logo on the menu bar.
   
2. Choose System Preferences.
   
   
   
   
3. Select General.
   
   
   
   
4. In the "Appearance" section at the top of the window, click the "Dark" option.
   
   

Those are the only steps required to enable Dark Mode. If you want to turn it off again, follow the same steps but this time choose the "Light" option.

While in Dark mode, the dock, menu bar, and all of your Apple apps, including Safari, Mail, Calendar, Notes, the Mac App Store, Messages, and more will feature darker colors and themes. Dark Mode will need to be built into third-party Mac apps that don't already offer a dark option when macOS Mojave is released.

Article Link: How to Enable Dark Mode in macOS Mojave

 

[Guy Clark]

Cool. 2008 has arrived.

The only issue being no Macs from the 2008 era support Mojave. Tough I guess.
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Dark mode: true innovation in macOS these days folks.

Dark Mode has been an option in certain Linux distributions for the last 10 years. However it must be said Apple have done an impressive job with it in Mojave.

 

[kissmo]

Dark Mode makes sense overall. However a toggle for DarkMode/LightMode for each specific app would make even more sense.
For reading text such as email I am struggling with Dark Mode. When Browsing for files, working with Images the Dark Mode Mojave offers is pleasant.

I am sure most apps might have a setting to do this toggle, but I think a native OS Support would make more sense.
Something in the Window frame, maybe even in Tabs depending in the use Case.

Not sure if this is reliable, just saying it would be nice for content within the Window.

 

[Reason077]

There’s an official exception key to disable dark windows per app and it works globally too (unless an app overrides it)

Can this be used to turn ON dark mode only for specific apps? I love the look of dark Xcode but I'm not sure I like *all* apps being dark.

 

[MrGuder]

Why is there tweetbot on the menu to enable dark mode?

 

[mazz0]

But that's what I'm not getting. It's geared towards users who spend a lot of time in front of their screens, so it should be easier on the eyes. But to me it seems like the opposite is true. Perhaps my eyes are weird.

Nope, I feel the same way. I even have my terminal as black on a beige background.

 

[Regbial]

Can someone explain what the “accent color” is? What it’s for? I have a somewhat vintage mac and can’t tell, but I’m curious.

 

[dionysos283]

With the NightOwl app you can schedule Dark Mode to turn on by sunset. Just like with Night Shift.

https://nightowl.kramser.xyz

 

[rldunn]

Lots of dark applications on top of each other are very difficult to distinguish between: there is no sense of depth or layering (as yet).

And in light mode, it would be nice to still have an option for a dark menu bar and dock.

YES! To both of these. My top 2 requests.