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DESCRIPTION
Shades is a utility for controlling the brightness of your screen. It runs in the background providing easy control over the brightness of your display via a slick Mac-like interface, with greater dynamic range and finer granularity than the built-in controls.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.2b3:
  • [fix] Updated Shades to work correctly on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • [chg] Shades no longer supports Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. Users running Tiger should stick with version 1.2b2.
  • [fix] It is now possible to click and drag the menu bar slider again.
  • [imp] The Shades System Preferences panel can now run in 64bit mode, so it's not neccesary to relaunch System Preferences in 32bit mode to use it.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.

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Developer:Charcoal Design
Downloads:26,601
  - Version d/l:3,424
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:25 Sep 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
****½
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Nov 7 2009
*****

PHLOEM  This supports multiple screens separately! I have an older Apple ADC cabled 20" Cinema Display connected to my MacBook. Now I can control dimming the extra display! Since having to use the ADC-DVI adapter, the dimming feature was lost.

Shades give you simple customizable settings separately for each display (menu icon or not, floating bezel or not, optional hot keys. All for free.

The only feature I would add is the ability to put the display to sleep (and sleep only one display).   
(Version 1.2b3)

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Oct 23 2009

BESTAUCKLANDESCORT  Shades is a utility for controlling the brightness of your screen. It runs in the background providing easy control over the brightness of your display via a slick Mac-like interface, with greater dynamic range and finer granularity than the built-in controls.

WOW Nice one

Auckland High Class Escort  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Sep 26 2009
*****

GRIZZLY19  My eyes "say" thank to this program!

Really usefulÂ…  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Sep 26 2009
*****

SHK747  perfect with 10.6.1  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Sep 3 2009
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BERNARD SOFFER  Needs Leopard update to make it functional again.

1 Star now 'till its done, then back to 5 Stars no doubt.  
(Version 1.2b2)

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Sep 10 2009

ST00P!D M0NK3Y  It functions fine for me. No problems whatsoever in Leopard.  
(Version 1.2b2)

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Sep 10 2009

ST00P!D M0NK3Y  To make that more clear, function just fine in Snow Leopard... I used it with Leopard as well.  
(Version 1.2b2)

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-1

Aug 17 2009

PROKOS_J  I have been using Shades and recently discovered that it is interfering with the custom screen calibration on my iMac. Shades switches my custom calibration off even though it is selected in the Monitor Preferences. The only way to get my custom calibration to stick is to open Shades preferences and cycle it off. I am guessing it has something to do with the position Shades is loaded at system startup because this wasn't happening before.  
(Version 1.2b2)

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Apr 25 2009

UKNOWWHO  I followed discussion from apple.com and downloaded shades 1.2b, and boom my new iMac 24" is no longer that tiring bright. Good work!  
(Version 1.2b2)

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Feb 16 2009

ST00P!D M0NK3Y  This hasn't been updated in a year and is still in Beta. Did you guys drop the ball on this project?  
(Version 1.2b2)

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Dec 22 2007

OCHYMING  Do not know why or if it was the program.

But after running it, my keyboard started acting funny!

So I re-installed the previous version.  
(Version 1.2b2)

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Dec 15 2007
*****

FRANCK GUADAGNINI  PERFECT!!!  
(Version 1.2b2)

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