How to easily change from Light to Dark, or Dark to Light Mode in MacOS Mojave

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If you’re like me, and go back and forth from light to dark mode in MacOS Mojave, you know it’s a pain to go into System Preferences > General and switch it in there. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do it by a shortcut from the Dock?

Here’s how by using Automator and one simple command.

Open Automator from the Applications Folder.
When asked for the file type, select Application.
Save the file to the Desktop for now.
From the Search field, search for “Change System Appearance“
Drag that to the right side.
There will be one option that says “Change Appearance: Toggle Light/Dark”.
Save the file to the Desktop again.
Exit Automator.
Now drag the newly Automator action to the Dock.
Clicking on the action will automagically change the desktop environment from light to dark, or visa versa.
That’s it!