Turn on Night Shift for iPhone & MacBook Pro, iMac to Help You Sleep Better

Apple has a slightly hidden yet great feature on the iPhone to help you sleep better at night. Night shift adjusts the screen light from a blue-ish to more yellow hue. Studies have shown that blue light may have an adverse affect on your circadian rhythm and thus potentially harder to fall asleep.

You are able to turn Night Shift on and off two different ways on your iPhone:

  • Open Control Center. Press firmly the Brightness control icon, tap to turn Night Shift on or off.

    OR

  • Go to Settings, Display & Brightness, then select Night Shift. While there, you are able to schedule the time for Night Shift to turn on automatically. Use the slider to adjust color temperature.

See Apple’s official iPhone Night Shift Support page where these steps and the animation below came from.

Make sure that your MacBook Pro, iMac etc meets the system requirements for Night Shift, then follow these steps:

  1. Choose Apple menu () > System Preferences, then click Displays. 

  2. Click the Night Shift tab.

See Apple’s official iPhone Night Shift Support page where these steps and the animation below came from.

Contact us if you’d like help customizing the setup and software your Apple iPhone, iPad, Mac or other device.

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