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Controlling brightness with keyboard
I have a Mini 5Pro and a Satechi bluetooth backlit keyboard, I am trying to control the brightness of my main monitor with the keyboard and can not find a way, the monitor is the main one of the three, used for FCP and as all monitors, a headache to controlling it manually.
Mac mini, macOS 27.2
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Mac mini's have never allowed brightness control using after-market external displays or after-market input devices.
You must use the displays on-board menu or find some type of third-party brightness control software that does not mess with your color profile or FCP work.
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AI Overview
macOS does not natively support direct software or keyboard brightness control for most third-party external monitors connected to a Mac mini.
How to Adjust Brightness on a Mac Mini
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the Mac mini's have never allowed brightness control using after-market external displays or after-market input devices.
You must use the displays on-board menu or find some type of third-party brightness control software that does not mess with your color profile or FCP work.
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AI Overview
macOS does not natively support direct software or keyboard brightness control for most third-party external monitors connected to a Mac mini.
How to Adjust Brightness on a Mac Mini
Thanks for the responses, never could do it with my previous MX keys either, lately I thought: how would the system understand that I want to modify the main monitor only and not the other two? So I have to stick to the painful manual process on the monitor. BTW, never liked the Mac keyboard or mouse, my MX keys died after 3-4 years, so I switched to Satechi, and there is nothing as good as the MX Master mouse. This should be the end of my query.
What did the manufacturer of the monitor say when you reported the issue to them?
Can you control the brightness of that monitor using any keyboard connected to your Mini?
You're welcome. I hear you, we mostly use Logitech MK-120 USB combo's with our Mac mini's.
Cannot control external monitor brightness on Mac mini using Satechi Bluetooth keyboard
