Brightness Control

A simple and very useful utility. Works OK an an M1 mini with two monitors. When you move the app windows to the other display, you can set brightness on that one separately!

Awesome app! Since I'm using an external screen I needed it so much. Just one suggestion to the developer: It would be nice the have a tick box that optionally would constraint the slider to go below 10%, so the screen doesn't go black. Thank you very much for making this app free!

Works but misses shortcuts for up/down.

I only have this widget, or app because my MBP is on its 3rd stinking logic board. That's crApple for you. They'll never admit their dificiencies! Anyway my brightness doesn't work - aggravating when you spend all this money and your MBP is compromised because Apple doesn't heed the issues they refuse to fix. So my repairman installed this app. Please don't make me wait for the few people with the app who probably don't have the issue - or they give some uneducated theory. I'm too busy for FAQ's . 1-So here goes- when I use the app- and why doesn't it remain in the doc to launch-weird) ? When it's launched, my screen display casts a bluish cool tint. Not good for a designer wanting accurate colors! 2- forget hitting escape to disable the app, bringing it to default. It does NOT WORK!! Especially when the slider sends it to dark screen. At that point- whether you try experimentally or when it turns dark when you launch it- how do you escape itwhen the slider somehow goes all the way dark- leaving you no choice but to shut down and then restart- and then consequently lose any text you were working on? Very aggravating. That's a deficiency of your app. Would the developers get back to me? I can't have these hassles. If apple didn't take short cuts on their products I would never have needed this app in the first place. Who else has these issues??? Thanks, Turbolarry52 (at) me (dot) com (Larry)

I have upgraded to 10.9 and I get this error when I try to open and install ? “Brightness Control” can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. Please advise,,thanks

Perfect for my sensitive eyes. I usually keep my macbook pretty dim, but when I have it docked, my desktop monitor is too bright for night time pecking. Thanks, bro!

Works perfectly on Lion. I have a headache right now and I didn't want to fiddle with the menus on my three non-Apple displays to dim them. This did the trick wonderfully. Surprisingly the displays look very good with the software dimming. I expected the black level to be wonky but it's not too much worse than dimming it through hardware.

Such an application is most useful mainly (and, in fact, only) for the external monitor as the internal monitor has its Apple-blessed settings. Unfortunately, this app does not have exactly this most needed feature. For my MB internal monitor it is entirely useless. This is an incentive for its creator. No star for the time being, will keep an eye on future releases.

Good app, just one problem: It doesn't dim your (iMac) display by dimming the backlighting (at least not on a G5 iMac as far as I'm concerned). It merely darkens the pixels on the LCD. Couple problems with this: One, it throws colours off. Two, the backlight is still there -- running the same amount of energy, albeit WASTING the same amount of energy. I'd love to see the day when the developers can make this thing control the backlighting itself. I mean look at the macbooks (and my old powerbook) -- they go completely off -- the backlighting, that is. The iMac can do the same (under System Prefs/Energy Saver/turn off display).

Nice app. Works great to dim my SUPER-BRIGHT iMac G5 2.1GHz. Now I can work late at night and not be blinded. But the Sun icon is ugly. I replaced it with an icon of an Apple display.

Well, using the slider resets the current display profile to the default display profile. Hence, this app is not yet useful for those who have set a custom display profile. Otherwise it does its job well.

Looks like a cool app, and I would definitely use it if not for one thing. Upon adjusting the brightness using this app, the colors on my display are thrown off. Everything is given a slight blue tinge. Once I quit the program, it goes back to normal iBook G4, 12", 10.4.4

This is a must have. Was using DarkAdapted (very good too), Brightness Control uses less CPU (0% when inactive vs 4%). Great freeware.

Works, just wish it was a menubar item and did not reset back to normal brightness when certain things happen like the screensaver lauches. Also, just a tip - the app Dockless works to hide the icon from the dock.

works great on ti g4 powerbook. really neat with plesant appearance and smooth operation. works independant of main brightness control for fine tuning.

Works great, but could there be an option to conrol displays separately for a dual display setup?

Excellent product. After TWO (2) years of use I ought to know. I have 5 Macs in this home, from G-3 to G-5, some are networked wirelessly, etc. Why use a screen-saver when you can use this /

I have this utility for a while now. The old saying is true. Some of the best things in life are free. It is certainly true for BC 1.0.3. Definite recommended for all users staying up pass midnight to produce work. Thanks.

Works great. Thanks!