“Light Mode,” which we’ve all been using since 2001 is known as. To achieve this Apple has introduced an entire new Appearance to macOS. (Don’t miss the dark new Trash Can!) Under the Covers There’s a reason that pro apps like Final Cut Pro and Logic come with dark modes now everyone can enjoy the UI fading into the background. Your eye is naturally drawn to the thumbnails in Finder, and Preview’s window chrome doesn’t compete with the open document. Apple’s modern design language, the company is fond of saying, is made to get out of the way, allowing users’ content to shine through.Īpple has returned to that well with Dark Mode, and I think it works. The last point, “Dark Mode is content-focused” should sound familiar to anyone who was around during the iOS 7 transition, or who was paying attention when OS X Yosemite was introduced. Here’s a shot of it in High Sierra:Ĭlearly that’s no way to build any sort of Dark Mode for millions of people to use every day. In short, everything is strictly inverted, and things get weird. If you have never inverted the macOS UI, take a trip into the Appearances System Preferences pane and flip it on. The first point is hard to argue with, so I will let it stand. In its “Introducing Dark Mode” session at WWDC, Apple gave three broad guidelines for Dark Mode: With macOS Mojave, Apple has gone much further with Dark Mode, as you can see:
Everything else - from Finder windows to built-in apps - remain their normal, bright selves, no matter what System Preferences says. To say that Yosemite comes with a “Dark Theme” is vastly over-stating the “Dark menu bar and Dock” option found in the “General” preference pane:Īs shown above, OS X’s new dark mode only affects the menu bar, Command+Tab UI, drop-down menus, the Dock and Spotlight. When Apple redesigned macOS back in 2014 with Yosemite, it included a less ambitious version of the feature. There might be old copies of Lion, Mountain Lion, and even Snow Leopard for sale on sites like eBay.The most obvious change to macOS coming later this year is in the inclusion of Dark Mode. Non-developers can buy OS X Mountain Lion ($19.99) and OS X Lion ($19.99) from Apple directly. Apple will email you an unlock code, which you can redeem in the Mac App Store. If you have a valid Apple Developer account, you might be able to download older versions from /downloads. This will put an installation app in your Applications folder, which you should leave there. Once any of these downloads are complete, mount the. Leave the installation app in your Applications folder.ĭirect Disk Image Links for Older macOS Downloads Once any of these downloads finishes, do not open the installer to begin the installation. Mac App Store Links for Older macOS Downloads
0 kommentar(er)
