![]() ![]() In the example here, Dark mode is enabled for 10 hours from 10pm onward, but you can adjust that as needed. That’s it, now your recurring Calendar event will trigger the Automator theme toggle app you created, adjusting between Dark mode and Light mode as the time changes. While making these changes in Calendar, if you get a message about changing a recurring event, choose “All Future Events”. When finished, exit out of Calendar and Automator, whatever your starting event time is will be when Dark mode enables itself automatically, and the second alert after the start of the event will be when Light mode re-enables itself.Next create a second ‘alert’ and again choose “Custom” and to “Open File” selecting ‘Toggle Light or Dark Mode.app’ again, and set this one to open ’10 hours after start of event’ then click “OK”.Now in the Custom alert section, choose “Open File” and select the “Toggle Light or Dark Mode.app” Automator app you created earlier, and set this to open “At time of event” then click OK.ends: (tomorrows date) at 6:00 AM (adjust as desired).starts: (todays date) at 10:00 PM (adjust if desired).Double-click on the event to edit it, using the following parameters:. ![]() Create a new Calendar event by clicking on the “+” plus button and label it something like “Toggle Dark and Light Mode”.Go to the “File” menu and then choose “New Calendar”, give the new Calendar an obvious name like “Dark Light Mode Toggle” (this is optional but recommended because the recurring event will show up every day on a calendar).Save the Automator application with an obvious name, like “Toggle Light or Dark Mode.app”, into an easily accessed location, like the Documents folder.In the Library actions, search for ‘Change System Appearance’ and drag that into the Automator workflow, then set that as “Toggle Light / Dark”.How to Enable Dark Mode Automatically on a Scheduleīefore getting started, put your Mac into the regular Light mode setting. This is a feature that hopefully will be baked into future versions of MacOS by default, but for the time being you can follow our guide to set the theme scheduling up yourself. Using Dark Mode on the Mac is fantastic for working in low light situations and at night time, and so much like you can (and should) schedule Night Shift mode on the Mac, we’ll be setting Dark Mode to run on a schedule as well. We’ll be using Automator and the Calendar app to set Dark Mode to enable itself automatically in the evening hours, then disable itself automatically in the morning hours to return to light mode. ![]() Update: modern versions of macOS have automatic Dark Mode as a feature, not requiring the Automator script discussed here. ![]()
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