macOS gives your eyes a rest in the evenings. The popular Night Shift feature from iOS has moved to the Mac, and we’ll show you how it works.
Using and setting up Mac Night Shift
From macOS Sierra 10.12.4 you can activate the special night mode Night Shift. This reduces the blue light emission from your screen, which benefits your night’s sleep. The blue light from electronics gives your brain the idea that it is the middle of the day. They then create a substance that keeps you awake, which may prevent you from falling asleep.
Night Shift blocks the blue light and gives your Mac’s screen an orange-yellow glow. This is immediately nicer to watch in the dark. In the settings of the Night Shift function you can set exactly when you want to activate the function automatically. You open this as follows. Make sure your Mac is running macOS 10.12.4 or higher, otherwise this won’t work.
Turn on Night Shift via the settings
- Click on the Apple logo in the top left corner of the menu bar;
- Choose System Preferences;
- Click on Displays;
- Select Night Shift to change the settings.
Choose the correct temperature
In addition to the time, you can also choose whether the color temperature should be warmer or colder in this screen. In the Schedule section you can set when the function is activated.
Fortunately, you don’t have to constantly dive into your Mac’s settings if you want to use Night Shift. You can also flip a switch in the Today overview. All you have to do is click on the three lines at the top right of your screen. Then click on today and scroll up to manually toggle Night Shift on and off.
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