PLIST file that manages monitor brightness?

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PLIST file that manages monitor brightness?

Is there a single or multiple plist files that manage the brightness of an Intel iMac screen? I am trying to change the brightness on several machines and looking for a way to change this through Apple Remote Desktop.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Mac Pro 2x2.66GHz dual-core Xeon, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 6GB RAM, ATI X1900 XT 512MB

Posted on May 4, 2009 7:00 AM

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aaronbu

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May 4, 2009 10:41 AM in response to jhumphrey

One way to find what plist does what is to use the fs_usage command, which must be run as root. The command watches for file system changes so to monitor for plist changes the command is

# fs_usage |grep plist

then change the setting in question and watch the terminal window for the plist file that is modified. It may help to dump the output to a txt file and then search it for the plist you want.

I did not see a plist file modification when adjusting the brightness.

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May 4, 2009 10:54 AM in response to jhumphrey

jhumphrey,

I don't know much applescript but you could always team them up and have automator run the script on all your machines. http://www.mactipper.com/2008/03/change-monitor-brightness-using.html

hope that helps,
Weston

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