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Re:F.lux major update by redm on Monday August 14, 2017 @10:10PM (#15014775)
I thought the same thing, so I disabled f.lux and turned on Nightshift on Mac OS. To my surprise, nothing happened. It turns out that it doesn't work with my monitors for some reason. They are non-Apple and thus not supported. Back to f.lux which works perfectly. Additionally, f.lux has more con-figurability, it's easy to disable quickly if I need to for a short period, etc.

I personally prefer the OS doing less, but more stability and better, and allowing me to customize through apps. I feel that over the last few years, Mac OS has gone "wide" with features and has gotten less stable.

Re:F.lux major update by thesmok on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @10:00AM (#15018201)
> doesn't work with my monitors for some reason. They are non-Apple and thus not supported.

I've got a 2012 Mac Mini with Dell display connected over DP, and night shift just works. So at least some non-Apple displays are supported. Not sure what's the difference here.

Re:F.lux major update by dingo_bat on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @12:21AM (#15015457)
FWIW, windows night mode works fine on any monitor.
Re:F.lux major update by Schlaefer on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @01:55AM (#15015862)
Also you need a "powerful" GPU (i.e. Metal), so not every Mac which is able to run Sierra supports Nightshift.