Questions tagged [auto-brightness]
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How to stop Mac from dimming after waking up from sleep?
I have a 2017 Mac running Mac OS Ventura. Every time my Mac goes into sleep and wakes back up the screen is always 3 brightness bars lower and I always have to re-up the brightness to full brightness. ...
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External display will not achieve full brightness?
My external display (HP 27f 4k) will not achieve full brightness when connected to my M1 MacBook Pro (2020, 13", Ventura 13.2) via the official Apple USB-C HDMI adapter.
The display's brightness ...
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Disabling auto-brightness with dual monitors
I have a MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) connected to an external monitor.
I've disabled 'auto-brightness' but the screen keeps dimming by itself. I've tried setting it in my preferences both with and ...
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MacBook Pro dims display to 50% when charging cable is removed
When I remove the charging cable, the brightness of the screen is reduced to 50% from 100%. If I plug the cable back in, then it goes up to about 75%. It then drops again to 50% when I remove the ...
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Increase MacBook auto brightness
I like the MacBook's auto-brightness feature so I don't want to turn it off entirely but it's often a bit too dark for my liking. Is there a way to keep auto-brightness enabled but bump up the ...
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Monterey - Is there a macOS preference to automatically revert back the brightness level when the MacBook is plugged in?
As the title is self-descriptive, I'm looking for a macOS preference to automatically revert back the brightness level when the MacBook is plugged in as the preference "Slightly dim the display ...
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MacBook Pro 13" M1 True Tone and automatic brightness stopped working
I recently noticed a problem with my computer. TrueTone and automatic brightness stopped working. I tried everything: restart, hard restart, safe mode, system reset, creating a new user. All Mac ...
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iPhone 12 mini: Screen too dark in sunlight
I switched on and off the adaptive brightnes function.
The brightness is set to maximum.
But still, I hardly can see anything on the screen, as it is too dark.
My GF's Android next to it is about ...
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Big Sur 11.2.1 - no "Automatically Adjust Brightness" option on external DELL monitor. How to disable?
The option doesn't exist for my external monitor, even though I had it before the OS update when I had Catalina 10.15.7.
The automatic brightness adjustment is driving me crazy. Can I disable it?
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Is it possible to turn down the brightness of an external monitor via controls on mu Mac?
When using my old Thunderbolt monitor I loved that I could turn down the brightness from my Mac keyboard, but on the 2 new monitors I've bought recently, I can only turn down the brightness using ...
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Is there a way to have my macbook set its brightness based on it running from battery or from line power?
Basically I'd like to have one brightness setting configured for when I'm plugged in through the adapter and charging the macbook from wall power, vs a lower brightness setting when I'm running off ...
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Override iPhone's automatic brightness adjust?
Apple seems to have completely removed the automatic brightness switch in recent iOS versions - the only 'automatic' settings now are for light/dark mode & Night Shift.
I don't mind Night Shift ...
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How does macOS know when to Automatically Adjust Brightness?
I understand the "Automatically Adjust Brightness" feature, when enabled, is designed automatically to raise or lower the brightness of e.g. the Macbook's screen depending on whether the surrounding ...
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Automatic display brightness in iMac behaves wrong and is only semi-automatic
I use the automatic display brightness function in the System Preferences and I have noticed that it is doing totally wrong. When I turn the feature off and set the brightness to let‘s say maximum and ...
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How to stop iPhone from automatically dimming the brightness?
I have unchecked Auto-Brightness under Settings app → General → Accessibility → Display Accommodations.
I have also disabled Night Shift under Settings app → Display & Brightness.
I have Low Power ...
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Auto brightness not working correctly on Macbook Pro 13" 2015
I have problem with set up auto brightness. Everything was fine until I didn't pushed brightness button on keyboard. Now system report says that auto brightness settings are not working but in ...
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Where are the brightness/volume icons for BezelUI stored in Sierra / High Sierra?
As the title states. I'm using OSDisplay (as a sort of answer to my question here). I've noticed that in Sierra (or so it seems), the OS's icon for the brightness HUD changed some—longer and thinner ...
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App to toggle automatic brighness adjustment?
Is there an app for the menu bar that would allow me to enable/disable the:
"automatically adjust brightness" setting?
I've searched and all I've found is an app that changes the actual brightness ...
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iPhone brightness gets set to the lowest after restart
Whenever I restart my iPhone, the brightness gets set to the lowest, so it is very dim. Then I have to adjust it back to around the middle, where I like it.
How do I stop this from happening?
I turn ...
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Is there a way to get Auto-Brightness back on my iPhone X?
One of the best features of my iPhone 7 Plus was the way it could be configured to auto-dim the display, which not only helped the phone's lighting to match the mood, but was also appreciated by ...
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