No Dark Mode for iMovie, Numbers, or Pages

Seems odd that with the big push for clear and dark mode icons that Apple's own iMovie, Numbers, and Pages don't change to dark. Clear mode does work. The rest of the core apps are dark but not those. Why?


Threw that last part in to make this an actual question and not a statement. ;-)


iMac (M1)

16 gb

Tahoe 26.1

iMac (M1, 2021)

Posted on Nov 13, 2025 5:44 AM

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Nov 13, 2025 7:00 AM in response to Sundog66

"We" are users like you and cannot speak to 'why' Apple does wha they do when they do it.


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I suspect the practical answer here is to just be patient, as @dialabrain suggests, those will likely be updated at some point. The Liquid Glass and other clear/dark mode change are evolving, sometimes with bugs. For example, the Clock app icon in the Dock was fine in Dark mode but had white hands on a white face (effectively invisible) in Default mode.



In 26.1, they fixed that one.


No Dark Mode for iMovie, Numbers, or Pages

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