If we spend long periods of time in front of the screen of our computers or mobile phone, it is possible that sometimes our eyes hurt and our eyesight is impaired. This is because the brightness intensity of the monitor may be too high.
Another reason why it is possible that our eyesight is impaired in front of the computer screen or the phone is at night, since our eyes need more fixation to see the right way.
One of the solutions that we can find available for this is to activate the dark or night mode on our device. We know that in Windows this is possible but and in Apple? Below we show you how to activate the “dark mode” on Mac and iPhone as we also find this possibility.
Note
In iPhone there is no option called "dark mode" as such, but it is true that by means of adjustments we will be able to reduce the intensity of the colors of the screen or invert them.
Activate Dark or Night mode on Mac
Currently on Mac we have the possibility to configure the Dark Mode in the configuration very easily. To do this we must follow the following steps:
- System preferences
- general
- Use menu bar and dark docks
Once we have activated it, we will see how the menu bar at the top and bottom of the menu bar changes. The drop-down menus through macOS Sierra after activating this option will be dark in color and less intense brightness.
We will also be able to use the general configuration to change other parts of macOS Sierra from blue to graphite. Currently support for the dark mode in the menu bar is limited to Apple's own applications.
Activate Dark or Night mode on iPhone
As we have indicated at the beginning of the article, the dark mode for iPhone has not yet arrived as a configuration option but it is true that we can make a series of adjustments to produce similar effects.
With iOS 10 we find a range of color filters in Accessibility . With this option we will be able to test different filters in different colors and see if any one fits our preferences. We can also activate the gray scale, but it would be something extreme since we would completely lose the color gamut. Another option we have is to invert the colors of the screen so that it would be black as you can see in the image below. To access this we must follow the following steps:
- Settings
- general
- Accessibility
- Display settings
- Color filters / invert colors
At the moment these are the only options that iOS 10 allows us if we want to have the closest thing to the dark mode on our iPhone in addition to the already known night or night shift mode. Remember that there is also a trick to lower the intensity of the brightness of the iPhone screen more than allowed by iOS.
Reduce iPhone brightness
Thanks to these options we will be able to have a range of colors in our devices more muted and therefore more relaxed for our eyes in situations where we need it. Do not forget some browsers such as Chrome or Firefox will also allow you to activate this option.
Dark Mode Chrome and Firefox
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