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Work · April 21, 2020

Umbra app

The missing app for dark mode

Umbra app launched on April 21, 2020 with 124 votes, #336 of 5,003 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

What it does

Umbra is a little menu bar app that lets you specify different desktop wallpapers for both light & dark appearances in macOS. Umbra also allows you to quickly toggle dark mode in a single click, rather than digging around in system preferences.

The missing app for Dark Mode.

Umbra is a simple menu bar app that lets you specify desktop wallpapers for both light & dark appearances in macOS, plus toggle dark mode right from the menu bar. New in 1.5 Multi-display support Configure different wallpapers for each display, making it possible to apply different wallpapers across your setup. New in 1.5 Improved HEIC handling When dragging and dropping or choosing HEIC files, Umbra now lets you pick the specific variant you want to apply. Drag and drop images to set different wallpapers for each appearance in macOS. Umbra supports JPGs, HEICs, PNGs, even PSDs, and scales your selected images to fit the desktop. Browse, preview, apply and bookmark incredible photos from…from replay.software

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