Dark Mode Adjusting Per App

[jusacruiser]

I LOVE Dark mode.....but NOT in every app. For example.....the Photos App looks great in Dark Mode, but it is tiresome to use the "Mail" app in Dark Mode.

Now before everybody says get the "Night Owl" I have a question about that. I think Night Owl is sort of just a always there toggle toolbar that makes switching from Light to Dark convenient without having to go to settings each time??

What I am looking for is a way to PERMANENTLY keep my "Photos" in Dark Mode.....and PERMANENTLY keep my "MAIL" app in Light Mode. Is there such an app? Night Owl is good.....but the constant toggling is in itself, a real tiresome activity.

Any Dark Mode App recommendations? And Why?

 

[Ploki]

Doesn't night owl now support per app choice?

 

[jusacruiser]

I just got Night Owl. I am trying to figure out how to make my "Mail" stay light......and everything else dark.

 

[Ploki]

Dang, can't try it to help you out.
Riding a 2008 Unibody Macbook between the failed i9 and before my Mini arrives, so no darkmode for me

 

[jusacruiser]

Ploki.....Thanks for trying! I may have figured it out, but it's not perfect. My "Mail" app is basically Dark Mode.....except for the actual email itself.

 

[boxxyfied]

Ploki.....Thanks for trying! I may have figured it out, but it's not perfect. My "Mail" app is basically Dark Mode.....except for the actual email itself.

maybe a bug- but i wanted the same. tried night owl. got the per app change to mail (I didn't like the memory usage although minimal- my own thing), didn't change the setting, uninstalled and mailed stayed in LIGHT mode since.

might change or something with an update but I'm sure there's a setting change allowance like all other terminal changes.

 

[ASentientBot]

You can set an Info.plist flag for that specific app. See this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/forcing-third-party-applications-to-use-dark-mode.2134382/

The applet that I posted will allow you to force light/dark mode in a given app from a GUI.

 

[jusacruiser]

You can set an Info.plist flag for that specific app. See this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/forcing-third-party-applications-to-use-dark-mode.2134382/

The applet that I posted will allow you to force light/dark mode in a given app from a GUI.

I'm afraid to start tinkering with code. I may want to switch back and forth from app to app, and dynamic to dynamic, etc. I will simply find a better app than NightOwl, or wait for Night Owl to make their app better.

 

[ASentientBot]

I'm afraid to start tinkering with code. I may want to switch back and forth from app to app, and dynamic to dynamic, etc. I will simply find a better app than NightOwl, or wait for Night Owl to make their app better.

I have a (no guarantees) graphical tool to do the switch if you would like. Link

 

[cruisin]

I'm afraid to start tinkering with code. I may want to switch back and forth from app to app, and dynamic to dynamic, etc. I will simply find a better app than NightOwl, or wait for Night Owl to make their app better.

What is wrong with Night Owl? You need to restart the Mail app before it uses the forced light mode, but it works quite well.

 

[jusacruiser]

I have a (no guarantees) graphical tool to do the switch if you would like. Link

Thanks for the offer. I am going to just let it be for now.
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What is wrong with Night Owl? You need to restart the Mail app before it uses the forced light mode, but it works quite well.
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I had restarted the mail app several times. The email itself was white, but the sidebar, menu bar, and everything else still was dark.

 

[cruisin]

Thanks for the offer. I am going to just let it be for now.
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I had restarted the mail app several times. The email itself was white, but the sidebar, menu bar, and everything else still was dark.

Huh. I tried it with a few apps (like Word) and they worked but I never tried it with Mail. Mail also doesn't work for me, probably will be fixed in the next update.

I mostly keep it on sunset mode so I didn't see it not working with specific apps.

 

[Starfia]

What I am looking for is a way to PERMANENTLY keep my "Photos" in Dark Mode.....and PERMANENTLY keep my "MAIL" app in Light Mode. Is there such an app? Night Owl is good.....but the constant toggling is in itself, a real tiresome activity.

Just because this hasn't been mentioned, it seems obligatory to point out that Mail, TextEdit and Notes (and some other apps) have a designated option to keep the primary content – for example, mail messages – on a light background even when the system-wide appearance is set to dark.

 

[shafez]

Good news I hope, I just found out that a Utility called Deeper made by Titanium Software which makes Onyx have a setting for intermediate dark mode which is equivalent to Sierra and High Sierra dark mode.