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I have a MacBook Air M2 and have no "adjust keyboard brightness" key nor a Touch Bar with an "adjust keyboard brightness" key. There is no "Keyboard Brightness" toggle/slider in my Control Center. I am running Ventura 13. How do I manually adjust the keyboard backlight without having to go to System Preferences?
MacBook Air, macOS 13.0
Hi raadiyah13,
The options to adjust keyboard brightness in macOS Ventura are outlined at Turn your Mac keyboard’s backlighting on or off as:
"Manually adjust keyboard backlighting or turn it off
Do one of the following, depending on your Mac model:
or the decrease brightness key 
. To turn backlighting off, keep pressing . or the decrease brightness button . To turn backlighting off, touch and hold ."If those functions are not present or operational, consult AppleCare directly using Apple Support.
Regards.
Cannot manually adjust keyboard brightness
