Brightness button not working & settings for brightness disappeared

my laptop brightness keys ( f1 and f2 ) are not working even in my system settings brightness info is totally disappeared


Did I press any shortcuts accidentally or what's wrong with my laptop??


Thank you!

Posted on Sep 28, 2021 5:17 AM

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Posted on Sep 28, 2021 7:57 AM

Jaya_Shankar wrote:

my laptop brightness keys ( f1 and f2 ) are not working even in my system settings brightness info is totally disappeared
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d8fb8969-850d-4e21-9069-279f51575bda

Did I press any shortcuts accidentally or what's wrong with my laptop??

Thank you!


old issue , new issue , what changed?

To trouble shoot further you can:


—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-other-users-on-your-mac-mtusr001/mac



On a Intel Mac you can—


Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

(get at least two-three rounds of the chimes when holding the NRAM Reset)



if no resolve you can sort anomalies—

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904


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Sep 28, 2021 7:57 AM in response to Jaya_Shankar

Jaya_Shankar wrote:

my laptop brightness keys ( f1 and f2 ) are not working even in my system settings brightness info is totally disappeared
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/d8fb8969-850d-4e21-9069-279f51575bda

Did I press any shortcuts accidentally or what's wrong with my laptop??

Thank you!


old issue , new issue , what changed?

To trouble shoot further you can:


—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/set-up-other-users-on-your-mac-mtusr001/mac



On a Intel Mac you can—


Try resetting the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


Try resetting NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

(get at least two-three rounds of the chimes when holding the NRAM Reset)



if no resolve you can sort anomalies—

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904


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