Use a hybrid appearance of light mode with dark menu bar and dock on macOS Mojave and later

DarkMenuBarDock.md

Dark Menu Bar and Dock on macOS Mojave and later

Okay, so I'm a bit of a macOS boomer. Having used macOS since long before Mojave's dark mode, I'm accustomed to the regular light appearance of the windows - but I always enabled the "Dark menu bar and dock" option as I loved the look. While I still like dark mode (and use it on iOS), the hybrid light/dark mode on macOS is still my favourite!

The following commands restore that functionality:

Window Server

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes

Notification Centre

defaults write com.apple.notificationcenterui NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No

Control Centre

defaults write com.apple.controlcenterui NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No

About This Mac + System Profiler

defaults write com.apple.SystemProfiler.AboutExtension NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No
defaults write com.apple.SystemProfiler.AboutExtension NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No

Undo

Restore the default full dark mode functionality.

Window Server

defaults write -g NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool No

Notification Centre

defaults write com.apple.notificationcenterui NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes

Control Centre

defaults write com.apple.controlcenterui NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes

About This Mac + System Profiler

defaults write com.apple.SystemProfiler.AboutExtension NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes
defaults write com.apple.SystemProfiler.AboutExtension NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes