MacBook Pro m5 14'', Tahoe 26.2 - The brightness control is completely miscalibrated. There are excessive jumps in brightness saturation when clicking the button. I can't adjust the brightness to my liking—it's always either too bright or too dark.
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Original Title: Brightness control
MacBook Pro (M5, 2025)
I forgot something VERY USEFUL...
Hold down SHIFT and OPTION, and you get to change brightness in smaller increments!
(In my defense, I had tried these keys separately, but I had to look it up to find the correct combination of modifiers)
I forgot something VERY USEFUL...
Hold down SHIFT and OPTION, and you get to change brightness in smaller increments!
(In my defense, I had tried these keys separately, but I had to look it up to find the correct combination of modifiers)
Luis Sequeira1 wrote:
I forgot something VERY USEFUL...
Hold down SHIFT and OPTION, and you get to change brightness in smaller increments!
(In my defense, I had tried these keys separately, but I had to look it up to find the correct combination of modifiers)
Great find!
Should be a smooth progression through the 16 increments between off and max brightness. Ensure that your display preset is the native one (System Settings > Displays, will be the top option), and that you don’t have any of the contrast enhancements active that are available in System Settings > Accessibility > Display.
Did you try, even temporarily, WITHOUT the "Night Shift"? I understand that you may want or need Night Shift for sensitivity reasons; I am suggesting this as a test.
Also, do you have "True Tone" turned on, as well? You may also experiment with turning that off.
Thanks for the advice. Display preset native, no enhancements, although I'm using the 'night shift' 24/7 - always been. Unfortunately, there's no smooth progression. I've been using MacBooks since 2008, and this is the first time I've experienced eye strain. The brightness increase from 7 to 8 button clicks is too large; in my opinion, there should be two brightness level jumps within that brightness range. I wouldn't mention this if this wasn't the spot in which I usually work - unfortunately.
This is the first time I've heard of this option! You've been a great help, Luis :) Thank you - problem solved.
Never knew that, cool trick! Works for volume, too.
How to fix excessive brightness jumps on MacBook Pro M5 running macOS Tahoe 26.2?
