🛠️ Lowlight – Dim your MacBook keyboard backlight below the macOS minimum
Summary
Lowlight is a small menu bar app for Apple Silicon MacBooks running macOS that lets users dim their keyboard backlight below the standard macOS minimum brightness level. It adds configurable extra steps below the default range using private CoreBrightness APIs.
Why it’s interesting
It solves the specific annoyance of the MacBook keyboard backlight being too bright in dark rooms by utilizing private APIs to drop below the system minimum.
Target user
MacBook users who work in dark rooms
Source metrics: Points 3 · Comments 0
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Summary
Lowlight is a small menu bar app for Apple Silicon MacBooks running macOS that lets users dim their keyboard backlight below the standard macOS minimum brightness level. It adds configurable extra steps below the default range using private CoreBrightness APIs.
Why it’s interesting
It solves the specific annoyance of the MacBook keyboard backlight being too bright in dark rooms by utilizing private APIs to drop below the system minimum.
Target user
MacBook users who work in dark rooms
Source metrics: Points 3 · Comments 0
HN discussion · Project
Source: #HackerNews / Show HN