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Hector Pascal
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Finale Version: Finale 26
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Post by Hector Pascal » Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:25 am

I use dark mode for quite a few apps on my mac (such as Mail) and I find it helps my eyes. Basically, it's white text on a dark background.

I just had a finger poke with Finale's view menu settings and palettes/background textures etc, but it seems that one can't change the colour of the staves, although you can change pretty much everything else.
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Cheerio,
Hector.


BuonTempi
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Finale Version: Finale 27
Operating System: Mac

Post by BuonTempi » Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:00 am

Hector Pascal wrote:
Sat Apr 18, 2020 1:25 am
Basically, it's white text on a dark background.
Well, apart from Mail (and an option in TextEdit), the contents of most document windows still stay black on white: e.g. in Safari, Pages, Word, Preview, etc.

You can simply invert the video of the entire display with Command Alt CTRL 8, but it take some getting used to. It's a bit like working with an engraved plate (except it's not all backwards!)
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Usually, reducing the colour of the 'paper' to a beige-y shade in Finale's prefs takes the edge of the glaring white.

Hector Pascal
Posts: 432
Joined: Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:43 pm
Finale Version: Finale 26
Operating System: Mac

Post by Hector Pascal » Sun Apr 19, 2020 12:11 am

Hi Buontempi,
Thanks for that solution!
Cheerio,
Hector.
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