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Solace

Launching today

Your Mac's appearance, in tune with the world around you.

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Your Mac's appearance, in tune with the world around you.

131 followers

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Solace lives in your menu bar and adapts your Mac's appearance to the day. Solar scheduling, weather-aware dark mode, wallpaper sync, and evening warmth, all in one app. No data collection. One-time purchase; $4.99.

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Launch tags:Mac•Menu Bar Apps•Wallpaper

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I built Solace because macOS dark mode kept getting it wrong on my Mac. Apple gives you three options: Light, Dark, or Auto. Auto follows sunset, which sounds reasonable until you live somewhere where dark mode kicks in at 3:50 PM in December while still blasting light mode at 9 PM in June. There's no way to adjust the timing with no awareness of what's actually happening outside. I looked for something that handled all of this together and couldn't find it. Most tools solve one piece: a wallpaper scheduler here, a screen warmer there, a dark mode toggle somewhere else. Nothing connected them. So I built Solace. It's a single menu bar app that coordinates everything your screen does in response to the world around it: - Solar scheduling that recalculates daily as seasons change, with custom offsets so you're not locked to exact sunrise/sunset times. - Weather-aware switching, so if it's dark and overcast at 2 PM, dark mode kicks in early. This is the feature I haven't found in any other app. - Wallpaper sync which pairs a light and dark wallpaper, they swap automatically across all displays when your appearance changes. - Evening warmth so you get gradual colour temperature shift as night approaches, integrated with your dark mode schedule rather than running separately. - Global keyboard shortcut for when you just want to override everything. On pricing and privacy: $4.99, one time, forever. No subscription. Zero analytics, zero telemetry. Your location data never leaves your Mac. Built natively with Swift and SwiftUI for macOS 13+. Sits in your menu bar, stays out of your way. I've been using it daily on my own Mac for months. It's the kind of tool where you set it once and then forget it's there, which is exactly what I wanted. I'm curious: how do you currently handle the light/dark switch on your Mac? Do you just leave it on Auto and live with the timing, or have you found a workaround?

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5d ago

Hey, it was so interesting. But I can not install it, I am new user of mac so maybe I am doing something wrong, I just pay for it, download the package but getting this error when double-clicking it: The application “Solace” can’t be opened.

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9h ago

Solace

Maker

@renatojobal I'm sorry to hear this - have you tried using the the latest version of the app via the solace website? Make sure you drag and drop the app into your Applications folder first, and then it should work fine. Any issues drop me a message and I'll help you through it.

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8h ago

@theodore_hq Hey, the last update works fine! Congrats on your launch

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4h ago

Weather-aware dark mode is such a smart touch. I always found it annoying that Auto just follows sunset — on overcast winter days it should definitely kick in earlier. Love the one-time purchase + zero telemetry approach too, feels like how Mac utilities should be.

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8h ago

Simple, straightforward, and elegant. Congrats on building this!

I'm always with dark mode on, but I'm thinking of seeing what my experience on Mac could look like with Solace.

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15h ago

Solace

Maker

@tudor_moldovanu Thank you! Give Solace a go and see what you think about having a bit more light mode in your life! I personally like experiencing the design of both light and dark modes for different apps etc.

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8h ago