I was wondering if there is a way to retrieve the data generated by the brightness sensor of the screen in a MacBook with this auto brigthness capabilities.
Do you know something how can we do something like this?
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Sign up to join this communitySee Amit Singh's Experimenting With Light On Apple Notebook Computers but note Apple do not provide official support for these methods:
Please note that there are no Apple "APIs" to access the motion sensor or the ambient light sensor.
Amit's code examines the IOKit entry from AppleLMUController
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Also related to your question is How do you programmatically access the ambient light sensor on Mac OS X 10.5+?