March 18, 2024

Enable MacOS Dark Mode in Menu Bar and Dock only

Steps

  1. Switch to Light Mode

  2. Open Terminal and enter below command

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    defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes
  3. Logout and login, in system setting change to dark mode

  4. Done


Recover to Original Dark Mode

  1. Open Terminal and enter below command

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    defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No
  2. Logout and login

About this Post

This post is written by Andy, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

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