You can download Shades for free on the Charcoal Design website. Shades has been a good application to fix the iMac brightness problem. Getting back to my iMac brightness control discussion.
Simple, unobstrusive UI to blend into the general aesthetics. Modern, stylish customizable menulet reflecting the design of Control Control introduced in newer macOS versions. I give the Apple designers credit for making this "simplification" decision, and just as importantly, for making the software and hardware work in a way that I didn't miss this control. Control your display's brightness from the macOS menu bar - Smooth brightness transitions. I probably wouldn't have even thought about this, except I just worked on my sister's Windows computer over the Christmas holidays, and was fooling with the brightness and contrast on a Gateway monitor. I've never thought about this until now, but I guess the Apple/Mac designers decided it wasn't necessary to have both controls, and I have to say, I haven't missed it. For instance, on the MacBook Pro I'm typing on right now, you press to reduce the brightness, and to increase it, but there is no "contrast" setting. iMac brightness app - A note about Mac contrast controlĪn interesting note I just realized is that on all the Macs I've bought, there is no contrast control. I can just press to increase the Mac display brightness, or to reduce the brightness. I use my iMac a lot, so a better/faster way for me to control the iMac brightness is through two Shades keystroke settings. To control the iMac display brightness, click the Shades icon in the Mac menu bar, and then move the slider nugget up and down to control the brightness. One way to control the iMac brightness with Shades is through a slider menu that you can set up in your OS X menu bar. The Mac Shades application installs easily, and once it's running you can control your iMac brightness it in a number of ways. iMac brightness - Using Shades for iMac brightness control With Shades, you can easily control the iMac brightness, and reduce the brightness below the lowest iMac brightness settings, taking it down to levels that won't burn the retinas out of your eyes at night. (Makes me wonder if there will be an iMac brightness lawsuit one day.)įortunately this "iMac brightness" issue seems to be a well-known problem, and you can get free software to help with the iMac brightness control more than Apple allows with Mac OS X.Ī few months ago I downloaded a free application named Shades that works really well. Even at the lowest brightness setting, the iMac display is too bright, especially when I'm working at night.
In fact, the only thing I can think of that I don't like is that my iMac is too bright. I bought a new iMac last year, and in general I like it. Skin package has been scanned with Avira Antivirus and Eset NOD32 Antivirus (20170821).IMac brightness FAQ: Is there a way I can control the iMac monitor brightness more than the standard iMac brightness control allows? Skin package contains executable files needed for some skin functionality and they may cause virus warning as false positive. Navigate the checkbox slightly dim the display when using this power source. Locate the bulb icon which says energy saver. If you want to disable display dimming, then navigate to the bar with the Apple menu. Removed script for ejecting CD drive as it caused virus warning at download. How to Turn Off Auto-brightness Based on Battery Settings. Media Player icons: Aimp, MediaMonkey, iTunes, Winamp, CAD. You can change Date and Time Format that appears in system tray and Lockscreen and you can select your media player. Menu appearance can be easily customized from Settings where you can change Theme, Colors, Transparency, Font.
This small suite comes with Lockscreen and a few desktop widgets like Battery meter, Clock, World Clock, Media Player and Volume Control. Home page can be set in Settings by choosing "Documents and Places" and "Configuration File". System tray icons enables you to change volume, control music player, search files on Computer or Internet. It enables you to quickly access or eject removable drive. Places - Menu shows mostly accessed places like My Computer, Documents, Downloads, Contacts. Locations for these folders can be changed in Settings category "Documents and Places" by choosing "Configuration File" and changing paths. You can easily switch to Pictures, Music, Videos and you can scroll through your files for quick access. You can easily customize this menu by opening Application Folder and adding or removing shortcuts.ĭocuments - Menu shows your Documents folder. Start Menu - Rainmeter version of start menu.Īpplications - Menu with mostly used applications.
It has menus with preset commands and menus that show applications shortcuts that you can easily customize. Yosemite Menu Bar for Rainmeter simulates MacOSX menu bar.