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Dark/light theme toggle There are apps that you can use to add a dark/light theme toggle to the menu bar and that is the easier way to go about it. If you don’t want an app, you can create one with the Automator though when you add it to the menu bar, you’re going to have to go through a menu to use it. I really struggle with Dark Mode - I don't THINK because I've been using grey Mac O/Ss for 30 years, but it feels like there's greater contrast options in Light Mode. Dark mode inevitably feels like high-contrast to me. Also, dark background = Photoshop paste board for me. Maybe it's just habitual. How to change between dark, light and auto theme modes on macOS 10.15 Catalina. The new auto theme mode will automatically switch between dark and light mode.
If you want to create a shell script so you can change between MacOS dark mode and light mode from the Terminal (Unix) command line, put this source code in a file and name it something like dark:
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Then make that file executable, and make sure it’s on your PATH. Now you can type dark to toggle back and forth between dark mode and the regular light mode:
From looking at that AppleScript code you would think you’d need two shell scripts for this purpose, but for some reason that one command toggles back and forth between the two MacOS modes.