Enable Dark Mode in some macOS apps

For me Dark mode in macOS, it was a kind of deception. Once you choose the Dark side, it's all Dark or nothing... and you can't choose what apps you want in Light mode. Applications like Mail or Finder are ugliest in Dark mode and difficult to use.

Fortunately, there is a way to have Light Mode and use a command in Terminal to change only desired applications to Dark:

defaults write [Plist ID] NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool [Option]

Replace [Plist ID] and [Option] with the desired value.

Plist values:

ID	Application
-g	Dock & Menu
com.apple.notificationcenterui	Notification Center
com.apple.Spotlight	Spotlight
com.apple.finder	Finder
com.apple.iChat	Messages
com.apple.iCal	Calendar
com.apple.iTunes	iTunnes
com.apple.Terminal	Terminal
com.apple.ActivityMonitor	Activity Monitor
com.apple.AppStore	App Store
com.apple.dt.Xcode	Xcode
com.bohemiancoding.sketch3	Sketch
com.apple.Safari	Safari
com.google.Chrome	Google Chrome

You can go to ~/Library/Preferences and you can see a complete list of Plist names.

Option values:

Option	Mode
FALSE	Dark
TRUE	Light

Once the command was executed restart the application. Only for Dock & Menu, you need to restart your session.

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That's All Folks!
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