I've got my system set to Dark, but all the windows remain light.
I've got a secondary question as well. I'd really like to always have the windows dark, but have a dynamic wallpaper. My eyes can't take white screens but that doesn't mean I want a dark wallpaper.
I don't know where to begin to fix the problem. It's a new install of the OS. I've restarted and all that.
I'd appreciate any assistance.
iMac 27″, macOS 12.5
Hello!
Please check this: Big Sur Dark Mode issue - Apple Community
To begin set your MacBook Theme to light. After that:
Open the Terminal on your MacBook and put in the following:
defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No
Restart your Macbook switch to darkmode and see if it worked.
If not, set your Theme back to LightMode. And open your Terminal again and put in the following:
defaults delete -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance
Restart your Macbook switch to darkmode and see if it worked.
I would stay away from dynamic wall paper and you can set your own preference for the specific wall paper appearance.
Although Apple has published developer guidelines on how to automatically detect appearance modes, and switch an application appearance based on dark or light selection — not all applications do this, even from Apple. What Apple wants to have a default dark background will detect it.
Pages, Preview, Mail (viewed message) are all deliberately white backgrounds by default, and neither Mail nor Preview can change that. Pages has a black template which produces other PITA export and print challenges. My Monterey Finder windows are dark backgrounds.
By default, there is no NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance property present in my Monterey 12.5 global defaults, yet those applications that are so developed, automatically switch backgrounds and text color on dark/light mode changes.
You probably noticed that Apple only provides a handful of dynamic wall papers and one has a selection choice of either Dynamic, Dark (still), or Light (still). The latter two are purposely not dynamic as "still" implies. Otherwise, in the latter two cases, one can choose an available, or download light or dark examples of the Light and Dark Desktop pictures.
Nope. The dynamic wallpaper doesn't transition at all in dark mode. Too bad. I'd love to learn of a workaround. Maybe an app with a scheduled wallpaper would do the trick, but I hate installing extra junk.
Otherwise, being able to choose custom colours for light mode would do the trick.
Thanks for that. It worked.
I have the same problem but to the extent that I use a black desktop image.
Do you use an extension to make Safari's pages dark mode? I use Dark Reader and it works very well.
Hi,
Why would I stay away from Dynamic Wallpapers if I want them to change?
Hi,
I've used it in the past--it's very good. But since Apple's last overhaul of Safari I ran away screaming. I'm happily using Brave.
Purely preferential. If you want dynamic wallpaper, then so be it.
The problem is that they don't change in Dark mode. Then again, I haven't checked since fixing the dark mode issue so maybe...
There's a few websites that offer user made ones, and they're nice. The problem is that they don't work in dark mode.
Dark mode not working correctly
