Menu-bar app for macOS
Screen color that follows the sun.
Circamode sits in the menu bar and warms every display on a sunrise and sunset schedule. Use this Mac's location, which stays on the Mac, or type a city or ZIP. Otherwise it follows the time zone. After sunset the screen warms to cut the blue in its light. $39 once, with no subscription.
One-time purchase. The download link arrives by email.
- macOS 14 or later
- Apple silicon
- Notarized Developer ID
- Location stays on the Mac
Golden hour
Warmth
Daylight to Candle
$39 once
No subscription
On this Mac
Location stays on the Mac
After sunset
Warmer color, less blue light
macOS 14 or later
Apple silicon, notarized
Screen light
Less blue after sunset.
Circamode warms the screen to cut the blue in its light after sunset. Dimming lowers brightness below the normal minimum to soften harsh glare in a dark room.
Daylight
Cooler screen light, with more blue.
After sunset
Warmer screen light, with less blue.
Through the day
Warmth follows the sun.
This Mac's location, or a city or ZIP, sets sunrise and sunset. With neither, Circamode follows the time zone. While the sun is up, the screen stays near daylight. After sunset, Circamode warms the screen to cut the blue in its light. Later, the color warms further.
Sunrise
Into daylight
Midday
Daylight color
Sunset
Warmer
Night
Warmer still
What it does
Warmth, on a schedule you can still steer.
Circamode changes screen color on the displays you have connected. Place comes from this Mac's location, a city or ZIP, or the time zone. After sunset that warmth cuts the blue in the screen light. Quit the app and the colors are restored.
- This MacOn
- City or ZIPOr type one
- Time zoneIf neither is set
Wake time
Daytime color starts at sunrise, or at a wake time you set if you get up later.
Start at login
Circamode can open when you log in to the Mac.
Show in Dock
The app lives in the menu bar. Showing an icon in the Dock is optional.
First-launch setup
The first open offers this Mac's location or a city or ZIP, a wake time, and starting at login. Skip keeps the time-zone estimate.
Update check
A built-in update check looks for a newer version of Circamode.
Restored on quit
Quit Circamode and the displays return to the colors they had before.
How it works
Set a place. Leave it in the menu bar.
- 01
Choose a place
Use this Mac's location, or type a city or ZIP. The location stays on the Mac. Skip, and sunrise follows the time zone.
- 02
It follows the sun
Through the day, Circamode warms every display on that sunrise and sunset schedule.
- 03
Adjust it when you want
Move the Warmth slider from Daylight to Candle, dim below the normal minimum, pause, or leave a front app alone.
- 04
Quit when you are done
Quitting Circamode restores display color.
What you get
The purchase, listed.
No account to create, and no subscription to cancel. This is the copy of Circamode.
Requirements
macOS 14 or later
Circamode does not run on older releases of macOS.
Apple silicon
Circamode is built for Apple silicon only. It does not run on Intel Macs.
Notarized download
After purchase you download a zip signed with a Developer ID certificate and notarized by Apple.
- Warmer screen color after sunset, with less blue light
- Dimming below the normal minimum, to soften harsh glare in a dark room
- Sunrise and sunset from Location Services, a city or ZIP, or the time zone
- This Mac's location stays on the Mac
- Every connected display, controlled from the menu bar
- Warmth from Daylight to Candle, plus pause and per-app exceptions
- A built-in update check that does not charge again
- A notarized Developer ID download
- $39 once, and a 14-day refund
Price
$39 once.
The download link arrives by email after checkout. There is no account to create.
Circamode
$39once
- One purchase. No subscription.
- Notarized Developer ID download for Apple silicon.
- macOS 14 or later.
- Location Services, a city or ZIP, or the time zone.
- Built-in update check. Installing an offered version does not charge again.
- Fourteen-day refund. Email support@circamode.com.
Checkout is on Stripe. The link in the email is the download.
FAQ
Before you buy
Location, the download, and the $39.
No. Circamode is $39 once. There is no subscription and no renewal.
Fourteen days, no questions. Email support@circamode.com from the address you used at checkout and we will refund the $39. Details are on the refund page.
Circamode includes a built-in update check. The $39 purchase is one-time, and installing a version that check offers does not charge you again. There is no subscription for updates.
No. Circamode is Apple silicon only, and it requires macOS 14 or later.
By default Circamode uses this Mac's location through Location Services. That position stays on the Mac. You can type a city or ZIP instead. If location is unavailable and no city is saved, sunrise and sunset follow the time zone.
No. Coordinates from Location Services stay on the Mac and are not sent to this website. A city or ZIP you type is sent to Apple to look up the place, not to circamode.com.
After sunset, Circamode warms the screen to cut the blue in its light. Dimming lowers brightness below the normal minimum to soften harsh glare in a dark room. Quit the app and the colors come back.
This website receives update checks only. Your location, display list, and settings are not sent here. A city or ZIP you type is looked up by Apple, not by this site.
Display colors are restored when you quit Circamode.
Stripe Checkout collects an email address. We send that address a download link. The link expires after 7 days and allows a limited number of downloads. There is no separate account to create.
$39 once. Then it lives in the menu bar.
A notarized download for Apple silicon Macs on macOS 14 or later. Location stays on the Mac.