

Some users may find the light text to be challenging with transparency, so disabling that or enabling Increased Interface Contrast can remedy that. Pulling down a menu bar item reveals additional dark mode theming:Īnd the Dock at the bottom of the screen will appear against a transparent dark background rather than a transparent light gray background: You’ll instantly see the change in the menu bar at the top of the screen. Near the top of the preference pane check the box for “Use dark menu bar and Dock” to enable Dark Mode.

Open System Preferences from the Apple menu and go to “General”.Enabling Dark Menu Bar & Dark Dock Mode in Mac OS X Enabling (or disabling) Dark Mode is really easy in Mac OS X, and this will impact how the Dock appears, all menu bars, menu bar items, and menu bar dropdowns, as well as the appearance of Spotlight on the Mac.
