Thoughts on macOS dark mode, screen comfort, productivity, and building Solace.
Umbra handles wallpaper switching for free. Solace adds dark mode scheduling, colour temperature, and weather awareness for $4.99. Both run in the menu bar — but their scope is very different.
Shifty enhances Night Shift with per-app rules. Solace replaces it entirely with independent colour temperature, dark mode scheduling, and weather awareness. Here is how they compare.
f.lux pioneered blue light filtering, but it only handles colour temperature. Solace adds dark mode scheduling, wallpaper sync, and weather awareness. Here is how they compare.
Nightfall is free and open source. Solace adds colour temperature, wallpaper sync, and weather awareness for $4.99. Both automate dark mode — but their scope is different.
f.lux pioneered blue light filtering, but it only addresses colour temperature. Here are 6 alternatives that go further — with dark mode control, wallpaper sync, and more.
macOS dark mode is limited out of the box. No custom scheduling, no weather awareness, no wallpaper sync. Here are the 7 best apps to fill the gaps.
macOS dark mode stuck, not switching, or broken after an update? Here are 8 proven fixes for dark mode problems on macOS Sequoia, Sonoma, and Ventura.
macOS has no built-in keyboard shortcut for dark mode. Here are 4 ways to add one, from Siri Shortcuts to dedicated apps.
Your Mac wallpaper doesn't have to stay static. From Apple's Dynamic Desktop to custom HEIC files and dedicated apps — here are five ways to make your desktop match the time of day.
Night Shift changes your screen's colour but not its brightness. New research shows why that matters for sleep — and how to set up your Mac so it stops working against you at night.
macOS gives you Light, Dark, or Auto. But what if you want custom times, weather-aware switching, or reliable scheduling that doesn't break after sleep? Here are four approaches compared.