This means you don't have to strain your eyes when you're typing up an essay or document, even if you're working for 20 hours straight. F.lux manages your screen's color temperature to mimic the room you're in and the time of day. That's why F.lux is a great application to have installed if you spend long hours behind a screen. However, blocking out all blue light is not good for your eyes either. Cataract surgery can lessen your defenses against blue light. And if you've ever had cataract surgery, then blocking out blue light is even more important. Blue light also contributes to eye strain as the wavelengths are harder to focus. The over-exposure to this, which results from staring at a screen for long periods of time, can damage light-sensitive cells within your retina.īlue light is capable of causing macular degeneration, which is a leading cause of vision loss in the older generation. Once you get it installed correctly, it will change your screen automatically, and you will probably never know it is there.You don't have to suffer the harmful effects of blue light again, thanks to F.lux's screen temperature adaptation system.īlue light wavelengths contain more energy than other colors, and unlike UV rays, your eyes can't easily block out these wavelengths. On the whole there were no problems with the installation or function of the app, but additional (or easier) access would make it a much better product.į.lux for Mac offers a great solution for people who work on computers for long hours. It does allow you to set your own level of brightness and has two options for fade time, but a slide bar for fade time would be a nice addition. It does not show in recently-used apps or the sidebar, and it does not reopen if you click on the icon in Finder.

Once it is running, the only place it will be accessible is as an icon in the status bar at the top of the screen. Designed to help late-night computer users save their eyes, F.lux for Mac provides a softer and gentler backlight for the screen by helping the display adapt to the time of the day.į.lux for Mac functions flawlessly, although we did have some difficulty finding it once we had closed it the first time.

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