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Check if Dark Mode is being used in macOS, using only python stdlib
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check_macos_darkmode.py
import subprocess
def check_appearance():
"""Checks DARK (True)/LIGHT(False) mode of macos.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/65357166"""
cmd = 'defaults read -g AppleInterfaceStyle'
p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
return bool(p.communicate()[0])
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