Not working in Calendar

[gabmaquignaz]

Not working for Calendar on my machine (Intel 2020 Touchbar MacBook Pro) on macOS Sonoma 14.3.1.

Note that defaults write com.apple.iCal NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool yes does not work either.

[zenangst]

Hey @gabmaquignaz, what is the return value for the defaults write command?
My best guess is that it doesn't have access to write that changes.
Apple has tightened OS security a lot during the recent updates.
Still looking into the issue for the new version of Gray.

[gabmaquignaz]

It does ask for authorization ("Terminal would like to access data from other apps.") first and then returns nothing like if the command was executed successfully. But then the appearance of Calendar is not updated.

[zenangst]

You should also make sure that the app isn't running before you execute the command (you probably already made sure of that). Otherwise you might end up setting a value to a plist and the app would then store the previous value on exit as UserDefaults is stored in memory while the application is running.

[gabmaquignaz]

Yes, I made sure the application being toggled was not running. Other macOS applications like Photos and Mail only work in Light mode with Dark mode system, but not the other way around. I don't know if it helps.

[zenangst]

Yeah, the settings is only one way. Your system needs to be in dark mode because what the setting does it to force the app to run in light mode. Apple removed the way to do it in reverse a few OS releases ago.

[gabmaquignaz]

That's right. But indeed still does not work for Caldenar, let me know if I can help.