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.
I'm using Mac OS Sierra on an 11 inch Macbook Air, using an external Acer 24 inch monitor. I would like Night Shift to be always on. In system preferences - displays - Acer G236HL - the Night Shift tab, here's a picture of the settings: The closest way to getting what I want is to check 'Turn on until tomorrow', which works as expected. Sep 28, 2020 Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts. Power button: Press to turn on your Mac or wake it from sleep. Press and hold for 1.5 seconds to put your Mac to sleep. Continue holding to. Option–Command–Power button. or Option–Command–Media Eject: Put your Mac to sleep. Control–Shift–Power button. Mar 28, 2017 How to Use Night Shift in Mac OS Go to the Apple menu and choose “System Preferences” Select “Displays” and choose the “Night Shift” tab Pull down the “Schedule” tab and select either “Sunset to Sunrise” or “Custom” (I prefer Custom) Next adjust the “Color Temperature” to suit your preferences, as.
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, then 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.
You can control the Manual setting from Notification Center as well. Click the Notification Center icon in the menu bar, or swipe left with two fingers from the right side of your trackpad. Then scroll up to reveal the Night Shift setting.
System requirements for Night Shift
Night Shift requires macOS Sierra 10.12.4 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 LED Cinema Display
- Apple Thunderbolt Display
- LG UltraFine 5K Display
- LG UltraFine 4K Display
Learn more
- Learn how to use Night Shift on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
- If you have a Mac that supports True Tone, you can use True Tone and Night Shift at the same time.
| 1. The following table shows frequently used shortcuts in Outlook 2016 for Mac. | |
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| ⌘+S | Save an item |
| ⌘+P | Print an item |
| ⌘+Z | Undo the last action |
| ⌘+Y | Redo the last action |
| ⌘+M | Minimize the active window |
| ⌘+Shift+N | Create a new folder in the navigation pane |
| ⌘+N | Create new email (in Mail view) |
| ⌘+ (Backslash) | Hide the reading pane or show it on the right |
| ⌘+Shift+ (Backslash) | Hide the reading pane or show it below |
| ⌘+Shift+M | Move the selected item to a different folder |
| ⌘+Shift+C | Copy the selected item to a different folder |
| ⌘+A | Select all items in the item list, if the item list is the active pane |
| ⌘+Option+R | Minimize or expand the ribbon |
| ⌘+H | Hide Outlook |
| ⌘+Q | Quit Outlook |
| Fn+Fn | Start dictation |
| ⌘+Ctrl+' ' (Spacebar) | Insert emoji |
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| 2. Work in windows and dialogs | |
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| ⌘+1 | Go to Mail view |
| ⌘+2 | Go to Calendar view |
| ⌘+3 | Go to Contacts view |
| ⌘+4 | Go to Tasks view |
| ⌘+5 | Go to Notes view |
| ⌘+7 | Open the Sync Status window or make it the active window |
| ⌘+8 | Open the Sync Errors or make it the active window |
| ⌘+0 (Zero) | Open the Contacts Search window |
| ⌘+, (Comma) | Open the Outlook Preferences dialog box |
| ⌘+~ (Tilde) | Cycle forward through open windows |
| ⌘+Shift+~ (Tilde) | Cycle back through open windows |
| ⌘+W | Close the active window |
| ⌘+O | Open the selected item |
| Tab | Move forward through controls in a window |
| Shift+Tab | Move back through controls in a window |
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| 3. Send and receive mail | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+N | Create a new message |
| ⌘+Return | Send the open message |
| ⌘+K | Send all messages in the Outbox and receive all incoming messages |
| ⌘+Shift+K | Send all the messages in the Outbox |
| ⌘+S | Save the open message and store it in the Drafts folder |
| ⌘+E | Add an attachment to the open message |
| ⌘+: (Colon) | Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog box |
| ⌘+Ctrl+C | Check recipient names in the open messages |
| ⌘+R | Reply to the sender of the message or, if the message is from a mailing list, reply to the mailing list |
| ⌘+Shift+R | Reply to all |
| ⌘+J | Forward the message |
| ⌘+O | Open the selected message in a separate window |
| ⌘+Option+' (Apostrophe) | Clear the flag for the selected message |
| ⌘+Shift+J | Mark the selected message as junk mail |
| ⌘+Shift+Option+J | Mark the selected message as not junk mail |
| Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Display the previous message |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Display the next message |
| Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Navigate to the previous pane in the Mail view |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Navigate to the next pane in the Mail view |
| ⌘+Shift+M | Move the selected message to a folder |
| ⌘+- (Hyphen) | Decrease the display size of text in an open message or in the reading pane |
| ⌘++ (Plus Sign) | Increase the display size of text in an open message or in the reading pane |
| ' ' (Spacebar) | Scroll down to the next screen of text or, if you are at the end of a message, display the next message |
| Shift+' ' (Spacebar) | Scroll up to the previous screen of text or, if you are at the beginning of a message, display the previous message |
| Delete | Delete the selected message |
| Shift+Delete | Permanently delete the selected message |
| ⌘+Delete | Delete the current message, and, if the message window is open, close it |
| ⌘+T | Mark selected messages as read |
| ⌘+Shift+T | Mark selected messages as unread |
| ⌘+Option+T | Mark all messages in a folder as read |
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| 4. Use Search | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+Option+F | Search current folder |
| ⌘+Shift+F | Do an advanced search in Outlook (add Item Contains filter for searching) |
| ⌘+F | Find text within an item |
| ⌘+G | Find the next instance of the text you searched for in an item |
| ⌘+Shift+G | Find the previous instance of the text you searched for in an item |
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| 5. Use the Calendar | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+2 | Open the Calendar window |
| ⌘+N | Create a new appointment |
| ⌘+O | Open the selected calendar event |
| Delete | Delete the calendar event |
| ⌘+T | Switch the view to include today |
| ⌘+Arrow Left | In Day view, move to the previous day. In Week and Work Week views, move to the previous week. In Month view, move to the previous month. |
| ⌘+Arrow Right | In Day view, move to the next day. In Week and Work Week views, move to the next week. In Month view, move to the next month. |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Navigate to the previous pane in the Calendar view |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Navigate to the next pane in the Calendar view |
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| 6. Work with people and contacts | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+N | Create a new contact |
| ⌘+O | Open the selected contact |
| Delete | Delete the contact |
| Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Close the current open contact and open the previous contact |
| Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Close the current open contact and open the next contact |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Navigate to the previous pane in the People view |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Navigate to the next pane in the People view |
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| 7. Manage tasks | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+4 | Move to the Task window |
| ⌘+N | Create a new task |
| ⌘+O | Open the selected task |
| Delete | Delete the task |
| Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Close the current open task and open the previous task in the Tasks list |
| Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Close the current open task and open the next task in the Tasks list |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Navigate to the previous pane in the Tasks view |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Navigate to the next pane in the Tasks view |
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| 8. Use notes | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+5 | Move to the Notes window |
| ⌘+N | Create a new note |
| ⌘+O | Open the selected note |
| Delete | Delete the note |
| Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Close the current open note and open the previous note in the Notes list |
| Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Close the current open note and open the next note in the Notes list |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Opening Bracket) | Navigate to the previous pane in the Notes view |
| Shift+Ctrl+ (Closing Bracket) | Navigate to the next pane in the Notes view |
| ⌘+J | Send a note as an email |
| ⌘+Ctrl+J | Send a note as an HTML attachment to an email. First place the focus on the note in the list of notes. |
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| 9. Edit and format text | |
|---|---|
| ⌘+X | Cut the selected text to the clipboard |
| ⌘+C | Copy a selection to the clipboard |
| ⌘+V | Paste a selection from the clipboard |
| ⌘+Shift+Option+V | Paste a selection from the clipboard and match the destination style |
| ⌘+B | Make the selected text bold |
| ⌘+I | Make the selected text italic |
| ⌘+U | Underline the selected text |
| ⌘+Shift+X | Strike through the selected text |
| ⌘+Ctrl+K | Insert a hyperlink |
| Arrow Left | Move the cursor left one character |
| Arrow Right | Move the cursor right one character |
| Arrow Up | Move the cursor up one line |
| Arrow Down | Move the cursor down one line |
| Option+Arrow Up | Move the cursor to the beginning of the current paragraph |
| Option+Arrow Down | Move the cursor to the end of the current paragraph |
| Option+Arrow Left | Move the cursor to the beginning of the current word |
| Option+Arrow Right | Move the cursor to the end of the current word |
| Forward Delete+ { (Opening Brace) | Decrease indent |
| Forward Delete+ } (Closing Brace) | Increase indent |
| Delete | Delete the character to the left of the cursor, or delete the selected text |
| Forward Delete or if your keyboard doesn't have a Forward Delete key, use FN+Delete | Delete the character to the right side of the cursor, or delete the selected text |
| Tab | Insert a tab stop |
| ⌘+Arrow Left | Move the cursor to the beginning of the line |
| ⌘+Arrow Right | Move the cursor to the end of the line |
| ⌘+Arrow Up | Move the cursor to the top of the message body |
| ⌘+Arrow Down | Move the cursor to the bottom of the message body |
| ⌘+Home | Move the cursor to the beginning of the selected text |
| ⌘+End | Move the cursor to the end of the selected text |
| Page up | Scroll up |
| Page down | Scroll down |
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| 10. Flag messages, contacts, and tasks for follow up | |
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| Ctrl+1 | Flag the selected item for follow up, with Today as Due Date |
| Ctrl+2 | Flag the selected item for follow up, with Tomorrow as Due Date |
| Ctrl+3 | Flag the selected item for follow up, with This Week as Due Date |
| Ctrl+4 | Flag the selected item for follow up, with Next Week as Due Date |
| Ctrl+5 | Flag the selected item for follow up, with No Due Date |
| Ctrl+6 | Flag the selected item for follow up, and add a custom Due Date |
| Ctrl+= (Equal Sign) | Flag the selected item for follow up, and add a reminder |
| Ctrl+0 (Zero) | Mark the selected item as Complete |
| ⌘+Option+' (Apostrophe) | Clear the selected item's follow-up flag |
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