Studies have shown that exposure to bright blue light in the evening can affect your circadian rhythms and make it harder to fall asleep. Night Shift uses your computer's clock and geolocation to determine when it's sunset in your location. It then automatically shifts the colors in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum. In the morning it returns the display to its regular settings.
Ultra Rad Time-Bending Arcade Versus Shoot 'Em Up. Play head-to-head with your favorite rival in this super rad arcade shoot 'em up where you can rewind time on the lasers shot out of the laser cannon head on your two-headed, hoverboard riding flamingo. UPDATE, 11 MAY 2016: Mac OSX users, if it crashes then use 'Low Quality' mode or 'Windowed' mode. This is a game engine problem out of my control, sorry. UPDATE, 10 MAY 2016: to celebrate itch.io week, I've released the new high-definition remaster, Cobra Club HD!
How to set up Night Shift
Make sure that your Mac meets the system requirements for Night Shift, then follow these steps:
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
- Click Displays.
- Click the Night Shift tab.
Schedule: Create a custom Night Shift schedule or have Night Shift turn on automatically from sunset to sunrise.
Manual: Control Night Shift manually.
- If Night Shift is off, select the checkbox to turn Night Shift on until 7 a.m. If you're using a schedule, Night Shift automatically turns off at the scheduled time.
- If Night Shift is on, deselect the checkbox to turn Night Shift off. If you're using a schedule, Night Shift turns on again at the scheduled time.
Color Temperature: Drag the slider to make the color temperature more or less warm when Night Shift is on. Warmer color temperatures show more yellow and less blue.
System requirements for Night Shift
Night Shift requires macOS Sierra 10.12.4 or later and one of these Mac computers, using the built-in display or the displays listed:
- MacBook models from early 2015 or later
- MacBook Air models from mid 2012 or later
- MacBook Pro models from mid 2012 or later
- Mac mini models from late 2012 or later
- iMac models from late 2012 or later
- Mac Pro models from late 2013 or later
- Apple Pro Display XDR
- Apple LED Cinema Display
- Apple Thunderbolt Display
- LG UltraFine 5K Display
- LG UltraFine 4K Display
Learn more
- How to use Night Shift on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- You can use True Tone and Night Shift at the same time.
I was playing around with Quartz Composer and made this .qtz (OS X) screensaver.
Sharing because I think it's funny and would make a great practical joke (for mac people).
Install instructions are provided in the .zip.
Mac Os Versions
| Status | Released |
| Category | Other |
| Rating | |
| Author | alienmelon |
| Tags | quartz-composer, screen-saver |
Install instructions
Place 'loadsaver.qtz' file into ~/Library/Screen Savers.
You can get there by pressing ⌘ + Shift + G while in Finder.
Open System Preferences > Desktop & Screensavers and select loadsaver.
Enjoy the infinite loading!