Schedule: Create a custom Night Shift schedule or set Night Shift to turn on automatically from sunset to sunrise. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
Make sure your Mac meets the system requirements for Night Shift, then follow these steps: In the morning, Night Shift returns the display to its regular settings. It then automatically shifts the colours in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum. Night Shift uses your computer's clock and geolocation to determine when it's sunset in your location. Studies have shown that exposure to bright blue light in the evening can affect your circadian rhythms and make it harder to fall asleep. Type 'Night Shift Options' into the search box and click on the result. Click on the Apple icon then select 'System Preferences'.
f.lux is also available for Windows, Android, and iOS devices.The history of macOS, Apple's current Mac operating system originally named Mac OS X until 2012 and then OS X until 2016, began with the company's project to replace its 'classic' Mac OS.That system, up to and including its final release Mac OS 9, was a direct descendant of the operating system Apple had used in its Macintosh computers since their introduction in 1984. The app is completely free, but if you like the developer’s work, I would recommend that you make a donation on their website, to help with the continued development of the app. F.lux uses the GPS to find out your current location, and if it is accurate enough, you can simply click on “ Confirm“.Īfter this, you will be taken to the “ Preferences“, where you can choose the color temperature for your display, at various times during the day.į.lux automatically saves your profile, and dynamically adjusts the temperature of your Mac’s display based on sunset, and sunrise times for your location.į.lux is by far the best way to get a Night Shift like feature on a Mac running an older version of macOS. Once you launch f.lux, it will ask you for your location.
ZIP file, which you can extract to get at the f.lux app.
To get started with f.lux, just follow the steps below:ĭownload f.lux.
If you have an older Mac, that doesn’t support the latest version of macOS, or if you don’t have a developer account, to be able to download the developer beta, you can still use third party apps to get a Night Shift feature on your Mac. I would advise that you use f.lux to get Night Shift on your Mac running an older version of macOS. Get Night Shift for Mac running older version of macOS Only the primary display of your Mac will be affected when Night Shift is turned on. So, if we can use multiple displays with your Mac, they will not be affected by Night Shift. Night Shift does not apply to external monitors, or projectors. Now that you have enabled Night Shift on your Mac, you can use the “Color Temperature” slider, to adjust the warmth of your screen when Night Shift is enabled. Now that we have updated your Mac to the latest iteration of macOS Sierra (10.12.4), we can enable Night Shift by following the steps below: Your Mac will restart automatically, and will have been updated to macOS Sierra 10.12.4.Įnable and Use Night Shift in macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Simply Download the update, and it will be installed on your Mac. Once you’ve completed the installation, the App Store will automatically launch, and you will be able to see the latest developer beta (macOS Sierra 10.12.4) available under Updates. Simply open this file, and run the installer. Click on the “ Download” button next to it. Go to the Apple Beta website, and sign in with your developer account. Under the downloads section, you will be able to see “ macOS 10.12.4 beta“.
If you have a developer account, you can follow the steps below to get macOS Sierra 10.12.4 Developer Beta up and running on your Mac. Since the latest version of macOS Sierra is only available as a developer beta, as of nowadays, you will need to have a developer account registered with Apple. Please update your Mac to a beta version of macOS, if and only if, you know the risks involved.
We must never install beta software on your daily driver MacBook. Additionally, we should take a Time Machine backup of your system before updating it to a beta software, and should take Time Machine backups frequently, while we running the beta software, just in case of an unexpected error. Beta software may crash resulting in a loss of data.