One Switch 1.35.4 Mac

Version 1.35.4 arrives with interface support for German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, adding to the existing English localization.

Key switches explained

Dark Mode — A direct toggle that flips between Light and Dark appearance. The app can also automate this switch on a daytime schedule so the screen matches ambient light without opening System Settings.

AirPods Connect — A shortcut that jumps straight to the Bluetooth connection for nearby AirPods, skipping the menu bar sound pane and its extra clicks.

Screen Saver — Triggers the default screen saver immediately, useful when stepping away from the desk for a moment without locking the session.

Sleep — Sends the Mac to sleep on command. A companion scheduler sets automatic sleep and wake times, keeping the machine off overnight when no tasks are running.

Each switch can be shown or hidden from the menu bar list. Disabling rarely used items keeps the panel short and focused on the handful of controls that get daily use.

The hidden scheduling pane that stops Dark Mode complaints

New users often treat One Switch as a simple toggle board and miss the scheduling layer entirely. The Dark Mode switch, for example, has a secondary pane where you set a custom daytime range. Overlooking that pane leads to complaints that the automation “doesn’t work,” when the real issue is that no time window was ever configured.

Another common stumble is enabling all seven switches at once before learning which ones matter. A full menu bar panel feels busy and defeats the speed advantage. The better approach is to start with three switches — Dark Mode, Do Not Disturb, and one hardware shortcut like AirPods Connect — and add others only when a genuine daily need appears.

The desktop icons toggle surprises people who forget it exists. After hiding icons for a clean screenshot or presentation, they assume files have been deleted. A quick check of the Desktop folder in Finder confirms the files are still there; the switch merely toggles visibility, not the contents themselves.

Users who run third‑party Bluetooth managers sometimes clash with the AirPods Connect switch. If another utility holds the Bluetooth stack, One Switch cannot hand off the connection request. Disabling the competing tool’s menu bar presence usually resolves the conflict without deeper troubleshooting.

How One Switch compares with similar Mac utilities

Bartender focuses on menu bar management — hiding, rearranging and surfacing icons — and does not touch system state. One Switch sits in the menu bar but controls system state directly; the two apps solve different problems and often sit side by side on the same Mac.

Raycast and Alfred both offer workflow triggers that can toggle Dark Mode or run a sleep command, but they require keyboard invocation and some scripting for anything beyond the built‑in actions. One Switch reduces those same actions to a single click in the menu bar, which suits users who prefer a visual panel over a command palette.

Control Center, built into macOS, duplicates several switches — Do Not Disturb, Dark Mode, display sleep — but spreads them across multiple panes and does not offer scheduling or desktop icon control. One Switch pulls those scattered controls into one list and adds automation that Control Center does not attempt.

Reflects Focus state without overriding it

One Switch works alongside Focus modes rather than fighting them. When a Focus mode enables Do Not Disturb, the app reflects the current state without overriding it. Tapping the Do Not Disturb switch while a Focus is active disengages the silencing, and the Focus resumes control on its next scheduled trigger.

Shortcuts integration is indirect but practical. A Shortcut that runs a shell script can trigger open x-apple.systempreferences for a specific pane, but One Switch shortcuts avoid that indirection. Users who build Shortcuts for desk‑arrival routines often include a “run screen saver” step; One Switch handles that with a single action that the Shortcut can call via a URL scheme if the developer exposes one in a future update.

The sleep scheduler complements Energy Saver preferences rather than replacing them. Energy Saver sets system‑wide idle timers; One Switch adds clock‑based sleep and wake times that override idle detection. A Mac set to never sleep in Energy Saver will still power down at the scheduled hour if One Switch has an active sleep timer, making it useful for machines that run overnight renders but should rest once the job queue is clear.

For writers and developers who use plain‑text editors or terminal windows, the Dark Mode automation removes a small but recurring friction. Apps that don’t follow the system appearance still need manual theme changes, but every native app and the Finder shift together when the scheduled switch fires, cutting the number of manual adjustments at sunset and sunrise.

Starting the morning with a clean desktop and yesterday’s terminal

Morning starts at a desk cluttered with project folders. The desktop icon switch is already off from the night before, so the screen shows only the wallpaper and the open terminal window from yesterday’s log review. A click on the menu bar icon opens the panel; Dark Mode flips to Light as the room brightens.

Coffee in hand, the AirPods Connect switch finds the earbuds in the case on the shelf. One click routes the Mac’s audio without opening Bluetooth preferences or the sound menu. The morning news playlist starts, and the panel closes.

Mid‑morning, a video call requires a distraction‑free desktop. The desktop icons remain hidden; Do Not Disturb engages with a single switch click, silencing notifications without digging into Focus settings. The call runs clean, and afterward the switch returns notifications to their normal state.

Before lunch, the screen saver switch gets a quick tap to blank the display while stepping away. The Mac stays unlocked — the session is still active — but passers‑by see nothing. Returning, a tap on the keyboard wakes the screen right where it was.

Late afternoon, the Dark Mode schedule, set for 17:30, shifts the display automatically as daylight fades. No manual toggle, no System Settings window. The menu bar panel shows the current state with a dimmed icon, confirming the switch already fired.

At day’s end, the sleep switch closes the Mac. The scheduler, configured for 23:00 sleep and 07:00 wake, ensures the machine powers down even if the manual click is forgotten. Morning arrives with a ready desktop, exactly as it was left.

Version 1.35.4 adds multilingual support, bringing the interface to German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish alongside the existing English localization.

• macOS 10.15 or later
• Apple Silicon and Intel 64-bit