Dark Mode Not Working 100%

[happypappy]

I always use dark mode. I just installed Sonoma and when everything booted up, all my apps are showing in dark mode, but the mac's main system menu bar is still white. I have toggled on light mode and dark mode, restarted the mac and nothing has helped.

Any ideas?

 

[SociableOdin]

The menu bar is based off the wallpaper color and not so much the mode. Is the wallpaper underneath a lighter color?

 

[NEPOBABY]

The menu bar is based off the wallpaper color and not so much the mode. Is the wallpaper underneath a lighter color?

Looks like he does have a bug though because he has dark text too.

 

[happypappy]

The menu bar is based off the wallpaper color and not so much the mode. Is the wallpaper underneath a lighter color?

Yes, that seems to be the case. Sonoma installs with the 'Sonoma Horizon' wallpaper, which has white clouds at the top of the image. This cause the system menu to change to a light mode appearance to accommodate for the light colored sky.

After changing the wallpaper with other darker ones, it does appear to be working as expected.

 

[chriswhv6]

Noticed the same thing also and had to switch back to my old desktop background to get the top menu bar to stay black in colour.

Ive always had Dark mode on though and now since doing the new iOS update its still left on dark mode but all my Apple Apps have revert back to white/light mode.
Toggling between Light & Dark mode now only changed the menu dock at the bottom :/

 

[shokk]

Click "Reduce Transparency" in Accessibility -> Display to make the menu go back to being dark in Dark Mode.

 

[chriswhv6]

Click "Reduce Transparency" in Accessibility -> Display to make the menu go back to being dark in Dark Mode.

Ahh yes that does work.
Thank you

 

[Project Alice]

I don't consider this a fix. Reduced transparency makes everything look bad IMO.