You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Turn off Dark mode in Safari and preview

I'm running Sierra 10.12.6 on my Mac. Somehow my safari was changed to dark mode, I'd like to change that. AND when I open a file with Preview or PowerPoint, I am looking at solid black screens. I assume the 2 are related. Looking at online forums, the fix is to go to System Preferences\General and turn off Dark Mode. I do not have a dark mode option under General tab with Sierra.

thanks for your help!!

iMac 27″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jan 25, 2022 9:30 AM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Jan 25, 2022 9:39 AM

Mac OS didn't have dark mode until Mac OS Mojave, so your Mac with High Sierra won't have any dark mode settings.


I'm not really sure what your exact issue is, but maybe you enabled some of these other semi dark mode unofficial options?

Check out these links and maybe try to undo some of these semi dark mode things:

https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/enable-dark-mode-in-high-sierra-sort-of/

or

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250222669?answerId=250417570022#250417570022

2 replies
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Jan 25, 2022 9:39 AM in response to K2Jeffers

Mac OS didn't have dark mode until Mac OS Mojave, so your Mac with High Sierra won't have any dark mode settings.


I'm not really sure what your exact issue is, but maybe you enabled some of these other semi dark mode unofficial options?

Check out these links and maybe try to undo some of these semi dark mode things:

https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/enable-dark-mode-in-high-sierra-sort-of/

or

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250222669?answerId=250417570022#250417570022

Turn off Dark mode in Safari and preview

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.