ColorPause

Guide

How do I make one website black and white on a Mac?

Add the site to ColorPause, and the Safari or Chrome window showing it turns black and white, right away or once you reach a limit you set. Your other windows stay in color, and there’s no browser extension to install.

How to gray one website with ColorPause

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  1. Install ColorPause, then allow Automation for your browser in the setup window, so ColorPause can read the address of the visible tab.
  2. Open the website in Safari or Chrome.
  3. Click the ColorPause icon in the menu bar, then choose Add site to your list. ColorPause opens the site’s rule in Settings.
  4. Under “When does it turn gray?”, choose Right away to gray the site whenever it’s open, or After a limit to keep it in color for a number of minutes or opens, counted in an hour or in a day.
  5. If you like, under “When does this apply?”, choose certain hours or days.

The window showing that site turns gray, and your other windows stay in color. To keep the site gray whatever its limits say, choose Keep site gray in the ColorPause menu.

Questions

Do I need a browser extension?

Not with ColorPause. It asks Safari or Chrome for the address of the visible tab in each window, with the Automation permission macOS asks you about, so there’s nothing to install in the browser.

Does the rest of my screen stay in color?

Yes. Only the window showing a listed site or app goes gray; other windows stay in color, on any display.

Does a listed site cover its subdomains?

Yes: example.com also covers www.example.com and m.example.com. A listed subdomain, such as news.example.com, doesn’t cover the rest of example.com.

Can I still use the site when it’s gray?

Yes. Everything keeps working; it’s just black and white. Show in color, in the ColorPause menu, brings the color back for a few minutes.

Does it work in Firefox?

No. ColorPause works with Safari and Chrome, and experimentally with Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and other Chromium browsers.

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