Any idea why Apple removed the screen brightness?

motoyen · Oct 21st, 2005, 04:46 AM

I have a 867G4 tower hooked up to the 17" Studio LCD. Under OS9 I could adjust the screen brightness and contrast, there is even a button right on the display. Under OSX Apple removed this which means I can't turn down the brightness of the screen. Anyone know of a work around and possible why Apple did this?

kloan · Oct 21st, 2005, 05:00 AM

System Preferences -> Displays ?

andrewenterprise · Oct 21st, 2005, 05:15 PM

To get at the actual brightness of the screen, you need to "Calibrate" your display under the Displays portion of System Preferences.

Banny · Oct 21st, 2005, 10:54 PM

F14 and F15 do it for me...

motoyen · Oct 22nd, 2005, 09:57 PM

My screen is calibrated but sometimes late at night i want to turn the brightness down, much easier on the eyes. There used to be a slider in the Display preferences but under OSX it's gone.

HJS · Oct 22nd, 2005, 11:18 PM

If you want to dim your screen, Brightness Control works well.

F14/F15 should also work, though...

kloan · Oct 22nd, 2005, 11:55 PM

Gone? It's still there for me.