Night Shift automatically shifts your display to a warmer color temperature in order to reduce eye strain and help you get a better nights sleep.

It will open a list of your recent notifications on a pop-up panel on the right-hand side of your screen.

Scrolling up will reveal switches for Night Shift and Do Not Disturb.

The switch will turn blue, and your computers display will shift to a warmer temperature.

You can go back to your Notification Center anytime and manually turn off Night Shift.

Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen and select System Preferences on the drop-down menu.

This option looks like a desktop monitor icon towards the upper-left corner of the System Preferences window.

It will open a menu where you can change your computers display resolution, brightness, and color settings.

Click the Night Shift tab at the top of the window in order to set up your Night Shift settings.

This option lets you set up a schedule for Night Shift to automatically turn on and off after dark every day.

You can select to schedule it from Sunset to Sunrise according to your local time, or you can set up your own Custom schedule.

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Your Mac will use your time zone settings to update sunset and sunrise times every day.

If you dont want to set up a Night Shift schedule, you can manually turn it on by checking this box.

You can use this slider to find the most comfortable color temperature for your own eyes and make it your designated Night Shift setting.

Your computers display will shift to this color when you have Night Shift on.

Click the three horizontal lines in top-right.

Scroll up on the Notification Center panel.

Slide the NIGHT SHIFT switch to On.

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