Lunar for Mac
Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external display.
$23.00
In English
Version 6.8.0When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
Lunar overview
Lunar controls the same brightness that you can change by using the monitor's physical buttons.
- Sensor-based Adaptive Brightness (and contrast) based on an external light sensor
- Sync-based Adaptive Brightness (and contrast) based on the built-in light sensor of the Macbook or iMac
- Location-based Adaptive Brightness (and contrast) based on the sunrise/sunset times in your location
- App Exception list if you need more brightness for specific activities (watching movies, design work)
- Individual settings per display
- Manual controls and hotkeys for setting brightness and contrast that respect the min/max values per monitor
It doesn't interfere at all with the native adaptive brightness that macOS implements for the built-in display
It works well along Night Shift and True Tone (and f.lux if Gamma/Software controls are not used)
What’s new in version 6.8.0
Features
- Re-organize advanced settings
- Isolate App Info UI into its own little window and hide it by default on first launch
Improvements
- Ask about Full Range XDR at onboarding and default to it for new users
- Make HDR redraw dot less visible when using XDR Brightness
- Allow disabling "bad display" detection through the ignoreDisplaysWithMissingMetadata setting: defaults write fyi.lunar.Lunar ignoreDisplaysWithMissingMetadata false. Only to be used in cases where: (A) BlackOut wrongly reconnects the screen 5-10 seconds after disconnecting it; (B) screen remains black after disabling BlackOut
- Adapt software dimming dynamically if Invert Colors is used often while Lunar is running (previously it needed an app restart when changing the Invert Colors setting)
- Fix Full Range XDR for macOS Sequoia beta 3
- Fix re-applying the wrong stored brightness after wake
Fixes
Lunar for Mac
$23.00
In English
Version 6.8.0
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Mar 22 2024
Version: 6.7.2
$23 for Pro version, 14 day trial. Free version features: • DDC Controls • Sub-zero dimming • Fallback when DDC fails • Brightness keys support • Volume keys support • Command-line integration • Input switching • Multi-monitor support. - - Pro version adds 10 more features. See the Dev site for full details.
Feb 5 2022
Version: 5.3.0
NOTE: Versions 4.0 onward will NOT work with macOS 10.14. Stick with v3.2.3. There's an error in the coding for v3.2.3 that thinks it can be updated to v4.0.2. Do NOT do it, because the result is that Lunar 4 will ask for Accessibility permission, then permanently CRASH. Stick with v3.2.3. You can download v3.2.3 from the dev's website.
Nov 20 2021
Version: 5.0.5
For the first time, I can control the external monitor on my Mac M1 Mini. Awesome, and thanks for the great software!
