Solace

I remember trying to achieve something like that for a long time based on some applescript. The product is really well made. and a one time purchase licence. Awesome. Thanks a lot

@theodore_hq Having an issue with the app. After downloading the installer package from the website, double click on the icon, unable to drag the icon to the application folder as it does not show. Only shows the solace icon. Cant open the app or unable to find the files to uninstall it. See screenshot attached.

Ran into this gap building outbound for a B2B product, tools told us which companies were looking but never which person to reach. Knowledge flipping that to individual-level tracking through Savant, plus layering in psychographics and tone preferences, means first outreach adapts to the buyer, not just the account. That's what separates it from a filtered contact database. Worth making the sign-up to first-list path feel instant though... that first activation is where the value compounds.

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.

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.

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.

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?