Disabling Dark Mode support for Connect Fonts (LEGACY) on macOS Catalina (10.15) and later

Affected Versions

This article applies to Connect Fonts and Suitcase Fusion for Mac version 21 and later on macOS Catalina (10.15) and later.

Solution

You can set Connect Fonts to ignore the Dark Mode setting in System Preferences.

1. Close Connect Fonts
2. Open a Terminal window (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
3. Enter the following command and press Enter: defaults write com.extensis.SuitcaseFusion NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance -bool yes

The next time you open Connect Fonts, the application will ignore Dark Mode.

To reset support for Dark Mode in Connect Fonts:

1. Close Connect Fonts
2. Open a Terminal window (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal)
3. Enter the following command and press Enter: defaults delete com.extensis.SuitcaseFusion NSRequiresAquaSystemAppearance

Note: This does not enable Dark Mode for Connect Fonts when Dark Mode is turned off in macOS.

The next time you open Connect Fonts, the application will use the macOS Dark Mode settings.