How to enable grayscale on your Mac

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A MacBook display with the grayscale filter turned on.

In the same way as the iPhone and iPad, MacBooks ship with several great accessibility tools, including a built-in grayscale mode. If you want to switch to a black and white screen on your Mac, just follow the instructions below.

If you have poor or poor vision, grayscale function can be particularly useful. In this mode, you won't be distracted by the colorful images on the Retina display and, because, have a more focused workspace.

At the same time, if you pair grayscale with macOS Mojave dark mode, It's even better!

You can switch to grayscale mode in System Preferences. Click the Apple button in the menu bar, and then select “System preferences”.

Click the Apple button and then click "System preferences".

Here, click on “Accessibility”.

Click on "Accessibility".

Next, click on “Show” in the sidebar.

Click on

If your computer is running macOS Catalina or a newer version, click on the tab “Color filters”.

Next, select option “Grayscale” from the drop down menu “Filter type:” and then click the check box next to “Enable color filters” to enable it.

Click on

Your Mac screen now switches to a black and white view.

If your machine is running macOS Mojave or an earlier version, the steps are slightly different. In the Display menu in Accessibility, New account “Use gray scale” to enable it.

Click on


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