I guess I don't really have to explain. I own a 15 inch 2.4GHz MBP, and occasionally the backround automatically changes brightness. It's really annoying...Does anyone know how to stop that?
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MBP - Brightness Keeps Changing
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do any conditions change when it happens? does the room get darker? do you go from plugged in to not?
You can try going to your system preferences > display and uncheck "automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes"
Are you moving your hand (or anything) by the ambient light sensor under the speaker grill on the left hand side?
You can disable that completely by hitting the F8 button..
You can disable that completely by hitting the F8 button..
The MacBook Pros have an ambient light sensor under the left and right speaker grill. In low light conditions, the backlight will dim to keep the strain off your eyes. This also activates the keyboards backlight.
To Disable the Automatic Screen Brightness:
Open System Preferences.
Go to Displays, and click on the 'Display' Tab. At the very bottom is a check box 'Automatically Adjust Screen Brightness as ambient light changes.' Uncheck it.
To Disable the Automatic Screen Brightness:
Open System Preferences.
Go to Displays, and click on the 'Display' Tab. At the very bottom is a check box 'Automatically Adjust Screen Brightness as ambient light changes.' Uncheck it.
Ahhh you guys are so quick! Thanks alot, I unchecked it
that box is going to be lonely you know... without its check and all
I have this too, however it changes suddenly when nothing has changed with the ambient light! I'll be sitting there surfing the net and suddenly the screen gets really really bright! A few seconds later sometimes it goes back. Very odd. Does unchecking the box affect the keyboard backlights coming on in low light?