Easily control external display brightness using MonitorControl

[ruslan120]

I've stumbled upon an application that lets you control external monitor brightness using the regular brightness keys on macs.

I did a quick video to test it out with a variety of displays on a variety of connections and cover a brief installation tutorial. The Dell 4K is the one I use regularly and it works great.

LG UltraFine 4K and 5K displays are supported. No verdict on the Pro Display XDR - if anyone installs this and uses it with the XDR, please post a reply?

 

[flowrider]

I have been using this app for about a week now. As with you, I stumbled upon it. I have been using Brightness Slider, that app has not been updated for five years. MonitorControl doesn't do any more than Brightness Slider did, but it's being supported so I will be switching. I have an LG UltraFine and a 2019 Mac Pro.

Lou

 

[ruslan120]

That’s awesome!

Here are the compatible and incompatible monitors that have been tested so far:

*Compatibility List*
This list is always growing! Please leave a comment below and I'll update this to include your model.

[Apple] Cinema Display (Thunderbolt 2), iMac (Early 2010 in TDM), iMac (Late 2013 in TDM)
[Acer] Acer G24 Predator, Acer SA240,
[AOC] AOC Q3279WG5B,
[Asus] ASUS VS247,
[Dell] Dell UP2414Q, Dell P2415Q, Dell P2419H, Dell P2715Q, Dell P2721Q, Dell S2419HM, Dell U2719DC, Dell U2720Q (USB C),
[Huawei] Huawei MateView,
[Insignia] Insignia 32" TV,
[Lenovo] Lenovo P32U-10,
[LG] LG UltraFine (4K, 5K), LG 27UD59-B, LG 27UD68-W, LG 27UK850-W, LG 27UL850-W, LG 34WK95U-W Ultrawide 5K/2K
[Prism+] Prism+ W240,
[Samsung] Samsung CJ890, Samsung LS24F350, Samsung UJ590,

*Incompatible*
[Acer] Acer T232HL
[AOC] AOC 22B1H , AOC 24V2Q
[Asus] Asus PA32UCX
[BenQ] BenQ BL2780
[Eizo] Eizo 2785
[HP] HP VH240A
[LG] LG 22mk600m,

Last Updated: June 16th, 2022

 

[ruslan120]

Update to list coming soon!

Thanks @ericgtr12 for the bump

 

[MacGizmo]

LG 34WK95U-W-Ultrawide 5K/2k is supported.

 

[ruslan120]

LG 34WK95U-W-Ultrawide 5K/2k is supported.

Added. How's that beauty of a screen treating you?

 

[MacGizmo]

Added. How's that beauty of a screen treating you?

I still miss the sharpness of the text on Apple's Retina screens, but it's more than sharp enough, color accurate enough, and unlike Apple's or LG Ultrafine's 27" screens, I can actually use the full 5K resolution and not have everything appear too small on the screen. I'm very happy with it so far!

 

[ruslan120]

I still miss the sharpness of the text on Apple's Retina screens, but it's more than sharp enough, color accurate enough, and unlike Apple's or LG Ultrafine's 27" screens, I can actually use the full 5K resolution and not have everything appear too small on the screen. I'm very happy with it so far!

Thanks for sharing - I didn’t miss the retina much after switching to a 32” at work on a daily basis, am also considering an ultra wide hence the question, thanks