Dark Mode is a dramatic new look that's easy on your eyes and helps you focus on your work. Dark Mode uses a dark color scheme that works system wide, including with the apps that come with your Mac. And third-party apps can adopt it, too.
What is the macOS dark mode Dark Mode is a special feature of macOS Mojave which allows you to switch to a black user interface. With Dark Mode on, the Mac default apps will revert to a black background while the text in them will revert to white and light grey colors.
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click General, then select one of the Appearance options at the top of the window:
Some apps and features have special Dark Mode settings or behaviors.
Mail. To use a light background for email messages while Dark Mode is turned on, open Mail and choose Mail > Preferences, then click the Viewing tab and deselect “Use dark backgrounds for messages.”
Maps. To use a light background for maps while Dark Mode is turned on, open Maps and choose Maps > Preferences, then select ”Always use light map appearance.” In earlier versions of macOS, click View in the menu bar in Maps, then deselect Use Dark Map.
Notes. To use a light background for notes while Dark Mode is turned on, open Notes and choose Notes > Preferences, then deselect “Use dark backgrounds for note content.”
Safari. When you use Dark Mode, Safari automatically shows a website in Dark Mode if the website has been designed to support it. If the website doesn't support Dark Mode, you can use Safari Reader to read articles in Dark Mode.
TextEdit.To use a light background for documents while Dark Mode is turned on, click View in the menu bar in TextEdit, then deselect Use Dark Background for Windows. (Requires macOS Mojave 10.14.2 or later.)
Dynamic Desktop. If you turn on Dark Mode while using Dynamic Desktop, the desktop may change to the dark still image. You can change this setting in Desktop & Screen Saver preferences.
Infinisys Ltd. is now selling “After Dark X + Fish,” a new version of the classic screensaver for Mac OS X, at their online store. Though screensavers are more entertainment products than the screen protection utilities they once were, they remain very popular.
After Dark is a screensaver that’s been around for 14 years. “After Dark X + Fish” adds “Fish”, “Mowing Man,” and “Mandelbrot” modules to the existing “Space Toasters,” “Starry Night,” and other old favorites contained in the previous version of the product.
After Dark X uses the built-in Mac OS X screensaver engine. The 11 included modules utilize OpenGL to offer a variety of angles and views for each graphic display.
“After Dark X + Fish” costs US$10. It requires Mac OS X 10.0.4 or higher (10.1.5 or higher is recommended) and 128MB of RAM.