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Hi there guys.

I would love to find a way to disable the dark mode, since I find it hard to use and confusing.
I do not wish to disable the dark mode on my Mac, I wish to disable it in the app scope, as many other apps allow to do.

Thanks!!!!

You can disable dark mode in your operating system's settings.

I don't wish to do that.
It's a good idea that filezilla will allow to chose the mode. Not all users, like me for example, will want to use filezilla in its dark mode. It's unfriendly and buggy.
All applications I know allow users to tweak their settings.

I'd second this. I found my way here looking for a way to disable dark mode specifically for FZ, not for my entire system. A few things - there seems to be a bug on macos where the selected folder is just a white box until you click out and then back - can't read the text (it's probably white text on white background).

Also, the arrows that indicate that a folder has subfolders are black on dark grey, so they're pretty much invisible.

Open Terminal and paste this command:

defaults write org.filezilla-project.filezilla NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes


That worked for me.

for anyone use filezilla pro downloaded from app store on macOS:
defaults write org.filezilla-project.filezilla.sandbox NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance 1

Baehas wrote: ↑

2023-02-03 14:21

Open Terminal and paste this command:

defaults write org.filezilla-project.filezilla NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes


That worked for me.

Thanks a lot! This worked flawlessly for me.
Dear Filezilla team:
1) the Dark Theme MUST be an option and user MUST have the chance of disabling it! Obviously, as for every other software, this MUST be independent from the system mode!
2) In dark mode RENAMING a file it's a pain: you still have the old name displayed: how do you conduct tests on new release? Without the terminal command suggested, I would got back to the previous version by TimeMachine.

I'm always scared to install a new version: not only there's no comfy and automatic way of doing it (so you need to download, go to the DL folder, remember to close the software, copy to the folder of your choice and then manually reopen it: we are in 2023, did you know that?) but also I often had bad surprises.

Do you still experience the rename issue in the latest nightly build?

Actually, I dislike the dark theme in FZ: so I don't want to get back to it. You'll surely be able to test yourself, I suppose.

Baehas wrote: ↑

2023-02-03 14:21

Open Terminal and paste this command:

defaults write org.filezilla-project.filezilla NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool Yes


That worked for me.

Thank you, that worked for me too!
I like dark mode in general but in filezilla I couldn’t see the arrow beside the folders in dark mode.