monitor brightness on M1 Mac mini

[Catherineveragates847]

If I have an M1 Mac mini, is their a way to change the monitor brightness on the Magic Keyboard instead of going in the settings on the monitor? Like I want to know if changing the monitor brightness on the Magic Keyboard will work and what kind of monitor I need in order for that to work.

 

[Fishrrman]

My guess is "probably not".
At least I don't recall ever seeing an application or utility on the Mac that could do this.
To work, I'm thinking that it would require hardware/firmware in the DISPLAY to support commands from the Mac.

I could be wrong.

 

[whiteonline]

If I have an M1 Mac mini, is their a way to change the monitor brightness on the Magic Keyboard instead of going in the settings on the monitor? Like I want to know if changing the monitor brightness on the Magic Keyboard will work and what kind of monitor I need in order for that to work.

It works when using the LG Ultrafine displays sold by Apple. Perhaps other USB-C monitors may support it, but I’ve not seen anything .

 

[PBL_1]

There are tools for this for Mac, but they haven't been succesful for M1 yet. So we have to wait.

MonitorControl not working on Apple Silicon (M1) Macs · Issue #323 · MonitorControl/MonitorControl

Checklist I have searched for existing issues I have looked through the wiki I have updated MonitorControl to the latest version Describe the bug Installing MonitorControl on a MacBook Air with App...

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