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Mac users could enable Dark mode through their Mac�s System Preferences, turning
the Dock and the menu bar at the top of the screen to a black and dark gray color
scheme.
The option wasn�t a complete �dark mode� but it did add some contrast, which was
useful and easy on the eyes.
With the release of macOS Mojave in September of 2018, Apple introduced a full dark
mode, while at the same time removing the option to enable ONLY a dark Dock and
menu bar.
The problem was that for some users, macOS Mojave�s dark theme was a bit too dark.
For a lot of Mac users, myself included, the old stye of only having the dark menu
bar and Dock was the perfect amount of contrast.
Of course, you could enable the Light Appearance, but the problem there is that
this made everything light, which doesn�t provide a lot of contrast and isn�t as
visually appealing to many Mac users.
Unfortunately, macOS Mojave doesn�t have an option to enable the old-style dark
menu bar and Dock only.
However, there�s an unofficial workaround that turns on the dark mode for the Dock
and menu bar only, replicating the look and feel of how earlier versions of macOS
presented the dark theme.
To set up a dark menu bar and dock in macOS Mojave, first follow these steps:
After you�ve set the Appearance to Light, open Terminal, which you can find by
entering terminal.app in Spotlight. Once you have a command prompt in Terminal,
enter the following command then press Enter:
$ defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes
After you�ve run this command, follow these instructions to complete the process:
Log out of your user account and then log back in.
Next, Select System Preferences in the Dock or select it from the Apple Menu.
Click General
Then select Dark for Appearance.
You�ll see your menu bar and Dock switch to the Mojave Dark Mode, but everything
else should stay in the classic Light mode.
Open the Mac Terminal then enter the following command and hit Enter:
After entering the command, and pressing enter, log out and then log back into your
Mac, or restart your Mac for the changes to take effect.
You should now be able to use the normal Mojave Dark or Light Appearance.
If you�re a Mac user and you found this article useful, you may want to check out
other TechJunkie Mac tutorials, including How to Edit the Hosts File on macOS (Mac
OS X) and The Fastest Way to Lock or Sleep Your Screen in macOS (Mac OS X).
Have you used this workaround to change the way the dark theme works on your Mac
running Mojave? If so, please tell us about your experiences with it in the
comments below!