Brightness on 2nd display

[robotrenegade]

How do I play with the brightness on the 2nd display?

 

[ITASOR]

If it's not an Apple monitor, it may have brightness controls through the On Screen Display. Just read the manual for what the buttons on the front do! Hope that helps. 🙂

 

[robotrenegade]

If it's not an Apple monitor, it may have brightness controls through the On Screen Display. Just read the manual for what the buttons on the front do! Hope that helps. 🙂

It's a 17inch apple display.

 

[ITASOR]

Hmmmm. Sorry then, I've never tried that and I don't have one to try it one. I know on my iBook, if I mirror the display, my controls on the keyboard control both monitors, which is very annoying.

 

[tech4all]

Since the older Apple displays don't have brightness adjustments on the display itself, the only way I know of to change it's brightness is to go into System Preferences > Displays and change it there.

 

[robotrenegade]

Since the older Apple displays don't have brightness adjustments on the display itself, the only way I know of to change it's brightness is to go into System Preferences > Displays and change it there.

It shows the brightness for the main screen but not the 2nd.

 

[edesignuk]

Try making the 2nd screen the primary display temporarily. Just drag the menu bar over in Display prefs.

 

[robotrenegade]

Try making the 2nd screen the primary display temporarily. Just drag the menu bar over in Display prefs.

lol, I just tried that. No luck.

 

[robotrenegade]

I called apple to tell them about this problem and they told me its because of my Apple DVI to ADC Display Adapter??? Saying with 10.4 its not supported! 😡

This is how I fixed the problem.
-Shutdown
-Just hooked in the 17inch alone.
-Open the displays menu and set the brightness.
-Then re-hooked everything the way it was.
-Booted up
-It work!