Dark Mode gives a cool new look to OS X Yosemite, providing users with a dark background for the Menu Bar and Dock. You can easily enable dark mode via a checkbox in System Preferences, but Mac power users are always looking for faster and cooler ways to do things. With that in mind, why not enable a keyboard shortcut that will let you toggle dark mode on the fly? Here’s how to do it.
The new dark mode in OS X Yosemite might be too dark for some users, but a dark Dock only offers a slick new look. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t currently give users the ability to mix and match dark mode elements, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of luck. Here’s how to use Terminal to hack your way to a dark Dock and light Menu Bar.
The third developer beta of OS X Yosemite finally introduced the long-awaited “dark mode” option. Here’s where you can find the setting to enable or disable Yosemite’s dark mode.
Apple unveiled a new “dark mode” for OS X Yosemite during the company’s WWDC keynote earlier this month, but the feature has thus far been absent from the first two developer builds. Today, however, developer Hamza Sood discovered that a partially-functional Dark Mode could be enabled in the second Yosemite beta with a Terminal command.
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