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MacBook Pro 16" M4 - backlit keys?

sparkie7

sparkie7

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Is there no keys for backlit key brightness?

Without having to go to:

 > System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard brightness > slider
 
It can be changed from Control Center (or menu bar) as well. Make sure to enable the toggle in Control Center settings.
 
Thanks. I meant is there a way to program a couple of top row keys to control backlit keyboard brightness say via a Function key combination?
 
JasonHB said:
This is an older thread, but may help you out

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/jy5ry8/m1_macbook_air_keysshortcut_for_keyboard
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Got it to work!

Here's the trouble-shoot for it...

github.com

Remap f5 and f6 back to keyboard backlight brightness control · Issue #2645 · pqrs-org/Karabiner-Elements

I just got a new M1 Macbook Air, and they changed a few of the function keys. F5 and F6 now toggle Dictation and Do Not Disturb instead of adjusting the keyboard backlight. I installed karabiner-el...
github.com github.com

  • disable the "adjust keyboard brightness in low light" setting
  • map f5 to illumination_down, f6 to illumination_up

Really dumb of Apple to change these to Dictation and Sleep mode
 
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Discovered it myself, that this functionality is no longer there, when I got my M4 MBA. I don't understand why I can't use something like alt-f1 and alt-f2 for it. Enabling a toggle in Control Center or adding int to the menu bar and navigating there by mouse adds extra friction and clicks. Time to send a feature request to apple.
 
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