Hello!
Like many others, I imagine,
I was really excited to upgrade my MacBook Pro to 26.0 (Tohoe)!
Except for the unpleasant surprise with dark mode management :/
Some widgets are managed well, but others haven't been updated:
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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 26.0
It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. The setting you're looking for is in System Settings > Appearance > Icon & widget style. If set to Default, you'll get white backgrounds on calendar widgets, black backgrounds on stocks widgets, orange backgrounds on tips widgets, etc. Set it to Dark if you want them all dark. Note that this affects the Dock icons, as well.
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It’s not a bug, it’s a feature. The setting you're looking for is in System Settings > Appearance > Icon & widget style. If set to Default, you'll get white backgrounds on calendar widgets, black backgrounds on stocks widgets, orange backgrounds on tips widgets, etc. Set it to Dark if you want them all dark. Note that this affects the Dock icons, as well.
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The bug shouldn't occur if we set a black theme and light icons. Before Sonoma, the bug didn't exist (there certainly weren't any dark icons either).
But since they added dark mode to the icons, you can no longer use dark mode everywhere with light icons without getting the bug on certain widgets (because yes, it doesn't affect all widgets, only some).
So yes, it is a bug, even if it's easy to fix. The developers just made a mistake, but they can easily correct it.
In any case, I reported the bug:
Here, as you recommended.
If several of us report it, they should correct it.
Looks like Apple fixed this in macOS Tahoe 26.1
This is a bug. Behaviors for macOS 26 and iOS 26 are different with the same settings applied. On both devices, Appearance is Dark, Icon & widget style is Default. iOS respects the Dark mode for widgets, but macOS does not.
Feel free to send Apple feedback.
Yeah they were indeed dark in older macos, the widgets haven't been programmed correctly for default at dark mode. the battery drain is also high now after the update epecially in sleep mode.
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I don't like the icos in dark mode. This dark mode was the default in older macos. Also the widgets once accidentally turned black even in default mode while i was playing with the different options but yesterday night i accidentally switched to light mode while i was playing with the control centre and then after that when i turned dark mode on again ir was again back to no dark widgets. So it's definitely a bug that the widgets are not turning dark in dark mode
Thorastic001 wrote:
Me too was really disappointed with the default widget style on dark mode. I hope apple fixes it asap
Why would they change it? You can choose one of the other options. You don't have to use the Default. That's why there are choices available.
I'm aware thank you 😅 but I don't like black theme icons... however I want to keep the black theme for everything else except the icons.
It remains a bug they forgot to maj some files when they are on default in this new version! I had no problem on Sonoma ;)
That's clear->dark not the dark in default. The bug i mentioned earlier turned my widgets dark like in dark style icons and widget mode, but i was in default. So i want that kind of dark, which did happen due to a bug lol😅
Another bug I found on the widgets is that the day/night mode is reversed, as you can see in these two images:
and on widget:
The color of the clock does not correspond to reality. It is morning, but it displays as if it were nighttime.
I am posting here to also report this bug in the bug report, because we cannot attach images (which is incomprehensible for a bug report).
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Me too was really disappointed with the default widget style on dark mode. I hope apple fixes it asap
I Hope too ! Because i dont like icon with dark mode with glass mode is not beautifull
Yeah i just want dark mode in my widgets while maintaining the natural color of the icons just like gud old macos 15
MacOS Tahoe: Visual Bug with Dark Mode and Light Icon
