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I sometimes use my MacBook Pro with all the lights off in the room. I turn the screen brightness down to its lowest setting (and turn off the automatic brightness adjustment), but it’s still a bit too bright when all the other lights are off.

Is there a hidden setting to get the screen brightness down any further?

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Grab Shady and rejoice.

EDIT: As its documentation outlines, Shady 'fakes' a lower brightness setting by changing colours and overlaying a (software) grey filter on the display. As far as I know, there is no way to turn down the amount of light coming from the screen's LEDs, which I assume is a physical limitation of the hardware.

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Have you tried f.lux? It does more than just brightness. I've found the way it adjusts the colors to be wonderful for low-light work at night.

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f.lux is really great for working without daylight, but it actually doesn't help you reduce the brightness of the screen. – Jo Liss Jul 28 '12 at 0:23
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I don't know of any hidden settings, but I've been using ScreenShade forever (compatible with Snow Leopard).

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Nocturne, it's awesome, any Mac can do it! watch on yt

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