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nadnosliw

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Because they’re designing for the new sale, rather than for long term usability.

Absolutely. It's like they have to have something to show for all their hard work so we should therefore pay for it.
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Yes, it's based on the revision of Notification Center from 10.11.6.

Excellent. Are there any instructions anywhere for how to do this?
 

foxlet

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Aug 5, 2016
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Absolutely. It's like they have to have something to show for all their hard work so we should therefore pay for it.
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Excellent. Are there any instructions anywhere for how to do this?

As far as I'm aware, no. It was part of my own research into the Notification Center issue.
 

mhjcheung12

macrumors newbie
Feb 16, 2017
1
4
Dark Notification Center, you say? ;)

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How did you manage to get the dark mode notification center? Would you mind posting instructions for how to port from El Capitan?
 

foxlet

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Aug 5, 2016
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No plans to make an app at the moment, it must be done manually at your own risk.

Tested in 10.12.4 to still work, but new instructions must be followed:

In Terminal, unload Notification Center:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
killall NotificationCenter

Replace /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework and /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app with the ones in the patch, then restart macOS.

Reload Notification Center:
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist

Restart macOS once more.

This is untested in anything above 10.12.4, so backup the original files just in case. It's also probably not update-proof, and you may need to replace the components every so often.

http://fox.furcode.co/macOS/DarkNotificationCenter-foxlet.zip
 
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heldausberlin

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Oct 26, 2011
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Hi, I installed this patch successful but unfortunately the night shift mode has gone caused by the 10.11 theme.
Is there a way to use the Sierra layout of the notification center with black/dark background?
 

Atchoo

macrumors newbie
Jul 19, 2017
4
2
Norway
Still works on 10.12.5

Screen Shot 2017-07-19 at 15.16.43.png

I don't have any issues with night shft, or any other side effects for that matter (that I can see right now, at least). I've been running OS X with dark notification center UI for about 8 hours. Oh...there's one side effect though: Siri Today widget and the Social widget started working for the first time in 8 months ‍

edit: Now I understand what you meant, when you said the Night shift option was gone. It's no big deal for me though, so I'll gladly "trade that in" for a dark UI. You can edit the Night shift stuff from Display preferences though.
[doublepost=1500472116][/doublepost]https://github.com/jenghis/nshift
 
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berrymetal

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Jul 25, 2017
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Guys, Something went wrong and I lost the original PLIST file and the FRAMEWORK from macOS Sierra 10.12.5
Can someone send them to me? Thanks!


Edit: A friend sent me the files, so i'm good!
 
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iamutkarshtiwari

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Sep 1, 2017
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No plans to make an app at the moment, it must be done manually at your own risk.

Tested in 10.12.4 to still work, but new instructions must be followed:

In Terminal, unload Notification Center:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
killall NotificationCenter

Replace /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework and /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app with the ones in the patch, then restart macOS.

Reload Notification Center:
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist

Restart macOS once more.

This is untested in anything above 10.12.4, so backup the original files just in case. It's also probably not update-proof, and you may need to replace the components every so often.

http://fox.furcode.co/macOS/DarkNotificationCenter-foxlet.zip

Thank you @foxlet !
 

glimmeringsunflower

macrumors newbie
Dec 20, 2017
1
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No plans to make an app at the moment, it must be done manually at your own risk.

Tested in 10.12.4 to still work, but new instructions must be followed:

In Terminal, unload Notification Center:
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist
killall NotificationCenter

Replace /System/Library/Frameworks/NotificationCenter.framework and /System/Library/CoreServices/NotificationCenter.app with the ones in the patch, then restart macOS.

Reload Notification Center:
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.notificationcenterui.plist

Restart macOS once more.

This is untested in anything above 10.12.4, so backup the original files just in case. It's also probably not update-proof, and you may need to replace the components every so often.

http://fox.furcode.co/macOS/DarkNotificationCenter-foxlet.zip




hi, it works!! great work and thank you foxlet!
but i have 1 problem after doing this; my notification alerts are not popping up in the screen, and not visible in notification tab either. can anyone help..? please..?


thanks in advance!!
 

jbarley

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Jul 1, 2006
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Just tried these "dark" patch files on my MacPro 3,1 running a patched version of Sierra and they worked just fine.
Gotta love the new-look dark notification panel.

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Tech198

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Mar 21, 2011
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When you turn on 'use dark menu bar and dock' in Sierra, notification center no longer goes dark too. Is there a terminal tweak I can do to change it?

Sierra is great, but that one nuance just sticks out.

Yep... like a sore thumb
 

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jbarley

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When you turn on 'use dark menu bar and dock' in Sierra, notification centre no longer goes dark too. Is there a terminal tweak I can do to change it?

In the almost a year and a half since the OP's original post it looks like this issue may have been been corrected.
Works fine for me with dark mode on...

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Tarek

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Jun 25, 2009
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It has not been fixed for me. I am currently on macOS 10.13.2 (17C88). There is one more software update left in the App Store (macOS High Sierra 10.13.3 Developer Beta 2), would that fix that issue?
 

MacGizmo

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Apr 27, 2003
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For anyone trying to use Foxlet's hack, you may have to completely disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) before you even use the Terminal to turn off Notification Center in step 1.

And it's likely that Notifications aren't going to work (any notifications already in NotificationCenter will disappear and no new ones will show up)—and some of the ControlCenter Widgets that involve interaction from you (like calculator) won't work, though some appear to work fine.

I've tried this hack on 4 different machines (all running HighSierra 10.13.3 beta) and while they all get the dark appearance, none of them actually work with this hack—though they all fail in different ways. Perhaps it's because I'm running the beta on all the machines.
 

jbarley

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For anyone trying to use Foxlet's hack, you may have to completely disable System Integrity Protection (SIP) before you even use the Terminal to turn off Notification Center in step 1.

And it's likely that Notifications aren't going to work (any notifications already in NotificationCenter will disappear and no new ones will show up)—and some of the ControlCenter Widgets that involve interaction from you (like calculator) won't work, though some appear to work fine.

I've tried this hack on 4 different machines (all running HighSierra 10.13.3 beta) and while they all get the dark appearance, none of them actually work with this hack—though they all fail in different ways. Perhaps it's because I'm running the beta on all the machines.
Since my previous post I have removed the hack and reverted back to the original NC color.
While it originally looked good there were several things that did not work properly, so for me at least it was a no-go.
 
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