Although the dark mode for OS X Yosemite that Apple previewed onstage at WWDC two weeks ago hasn’t officially made it into any build of Yosemite as of today, developer Hamza Sood has figured out a Terminal command which will let you get a taste of OS X’s dark mode now:
Just paste the line below into Terminal, and log out of your account. After logging back in, you’ll see that the Dock, Menu Bar, and corresponding menus all take on the new dark theme.
To enable the somewhat functional dark mode:
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences AppleInterfaceTheme Dark— Hamza Sood (@hamzasood) June 17, 2014
Of course, this is an extremely early version of dark mode, and many of the icons in the menu bar appear to be displaying incorrectly. As always, use your own discretion when enabling features like this. If you’d like to revert back to the default OS X style, there’s a Terminal entry for that too:
To undo, either remove the key (defaults delete) or change it to “Light”
— Hamza Sood (@hamzasood) June 17, 2014
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I hope it’s going to be all over the system, not just the menu bar and the dock.
that’s a screenshot from Apple.
how could your itunes logo already be red. i still have the old one.
http://9to5mac.com/community/using-os-x-yosemite-and-want-the-new-itunes-icon/
i wonder too
True. Mine’s old one too. Just wondering what’s the reason.
after a closer look, think it is custom icons
If you want a Yosemite style iTunes (the whole app) check this out:
http://nateblunt.deviantart.com/art/OS-X-Yosemite-iTunes-Theme-459934213
It’s a one step installation and it works with any OS X version, as long as you’re running iTunes 11.2.2
But this one’s too bad to be called a dark mode. I mean, it looks more like high contrast on rather than a black theme.
Yay, white text! That’s sure to make the poor Helvetica look much better on screen. :(
Please, let’s get a newly developed screen-version of Helvetica prior to shipping a public beta or revert back to Lucida, the current builds looks absolutely terrible wrt to type.
Helvetica neue is screen optimized already.
They’re using a version of Helvetica called Helvetica Neue, which is especially designed for readability on screens.
Doesn’t seem to be working for me. Perhaps I’m not pasting the multi-lined log correctly or maybe it’s the act of logging off and on. Can you specify which characters I’m to paste into terminal?
Required restart for me.
start at sudo, end at dark. The use of sudo requires you to put in your password after you hit enter. It will not show any characters when typing in your password.
I’ve tried Restart and full Shut Down after I type my password and hit enter. Maybe it’s no good for machines running 10.9.3?
I had to reboot afterwards for it to take effect.
Terminal is asking for my password just as Clint said it would. After you type your password and hit enter do you immediately Restart your computer or do you completely Shut Down?
New Tweetbot for Mac. Nice.
did nothing for me….
I have just installed beta 2, and this new interface is really ugly imho. The inconsistencies in the icons, the new tabs for example, that ugly system preferences icon to mention just a few. I love the look and feel of iOS8 which is much like iOS7, but this is very disappointing. I realise it’s a work in progress, but if it keeps going in this direction, I’ll be sticking with Mavericks!!!
UBUNTU MODE ON
so all the icons with clock are still black which will make it hard to see, i think apple got some better plans for it.
It’s not done yet.
Just so everyone is aware (those having issues), you must have a beta of OS X Yosemite for this terminal to work