8  Change your terminal’s color

If you want, you can change the terminal’s color theme to make it more comfortable to look at by doing the following:

  1. For Macs, click “Terminal” in the App Menu at the very top of your screen (next to the Apple menu ) .
  2. Select Settings in the dropdown menu.
  3. Select Profiles in the tabs at the top of the window.
  4. Select the theme you’d like to use from the options on the left (“Pro” is a good option for dark mode)
  5. Click the Default button at the end of bottom of the theme options to set your preferred theme.
  6. You’ll need to quit and relaunch terminal to see the new theme.

Mac Terminal Profile themes
  1. For Windows, right-click the title bar at the top of your Git Bash window (where it says “MINGW64” or “Git Bash”).
  2. Select Properties (it may be Options on your machine)
  3. In the popup window, select the Colors tab.
  4. Adjust the colors as needed by selecting the radio button for what you want to change (e.g., Screen Text) and clicking on a color box or entering RGB values
  5. Click OK or Apply to save.