MacBook Air screen dimming

Continuing to dim despite turning off auto-adjust in display settings. Just resets to mid level brightness every time I turn on. Other settings I should look at?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Aug 30, 2023 10:11 AM

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ku4hx

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Aug 30, 2023 12:30 PM in response to tallguyshortgirl

My problem was just the opposite, mine kept going to 100% brightness.

The workaround was a piece of black tape covering the ambient light sensor.

Eventually an OS update fixed that little bug. If you're not on the latest OS your Mac can run, you need to upgrade/update as is appropriate.

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