Partial Dark Mode

March 2020

On macOS, sometimes the light mode seems too light and the dark mode seems too dark. Prior to macOS Catalina, the dark mode would only affect the titlebar/dock. On Catalina this is not officially supported, but is achievable via a terminal command:

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool true

This leaves windows light but turns the titlebar, dock, and sidebar dark. Logout and log back in to see the changes.

To revert:

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool false

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