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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AppleIntelRock
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do any conditions change when it happens? does the room get darker? do you go from plugged in to not?
KristieMac
macrumors 6502a
You can try going to your system preferences > display and uncheck "automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes"
go to system preferences, go to display, on the bottom is an option that says "automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes," turn that off/uncheck it.
edit: nevermind, apparently some people type faster than I
edit: nevermind, apparently some people type faster than I
iTim314
macrumors 6502
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.
AppleIntelRock
macrumors 65816
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?