Activate Night Shift mode on your Mac and spare your eyes

Jovan Washington | Mar 10, 2017 | Flipboard.com

If you use your computer before going to bed, you owe it to your eyes to turn on Night Shift on your Mac. The feature, which adjusts the color of your display to the warmer end of the light spectrum after sundown, eases eye strain and can make falling asleep easier.

Night Shift dials down the amount of blue light emitted by your display. Studies have shown that exposure to blue light, which makes images look bright and crisp, can have adverse effects during nighttime use of electronics: Getting too much blue light after dark can make it more difficult to drift off to sleep.

After introducing Night Shift for iPhone and iPad a year ago, Apple is finally bringing the feature to the Mac. You’ll find Night Shift in beta versions of macOS 10.12.4, which Apple has been releasing to developers and members of the Apple Beta Software Program in recent weeks.

(If you don’t do betas, you’ll have to wait awhile to try Night Shift on Mac. However, if you have ever used the F.lux app, you are already familiar with how Night Shift works.)

SET UP AND USE NIGHT SHIFT MODE ON MAC