Auto-brightness is a display setting that most mobile devices and computers feature. They use an ambient light sensor to automatically gauge the ambient light in a room and adjust the display accordingly. It can be a great way to avoid adjusting brightness levels manually.
However, auto-brightness is not for everyone and is far from perfect. So, below, we’ll walk you through the steps to disable it in macOS and explain why you may want to.
How to Disable Automatic Brightness in macOS
Disabling automatic brightness in macOS is easier than you think. Unlike in iOS, it isn’t buried in the Accessibility settings. you may disable auto-brightness on all modern Macs, regardless of whether it sportsa Liquid Retina XDR displayor a standard Retina display. To turn off auto-brightness on your Mac:
That’s all you have to do to disable automatic brightness on a Mac. Now, you need to manually adjust the brightness to your liking using your keyboard or Control Center in macOS. In the same settings tab, you can alsochange your Mac’s screen resolutionif you want to make application windows and text smaller to fit more on your desktop.
Why Turn Off Automatic Brightness on Your Mac?
While enabling auto-brightness can be convenient, sometimes, your device may turn it up too much or set it too low for your environment. This can be pretty annoying to deal with on a regular basis.
Therefore, adjusting manually is sometimes easier, especially since it’s a quick action to perform on a Mac. Also, if you work in a setting with consistent lighting, there is less reason to have auto-brightness enabled.
Start Manually Controlling Your Mac’s Brightness
With automatic brightness disabled on your Mac, you have full control over adjusting the display’s brightness to your liking. You won’t have to rely on the ambient light sensor to do the work for you.
Now that you have disabled auto-brightness, it may be a good idea to modify other display settings on your Mac, such as disabling True Tone if you do a lot of color work.
Q: How Do I Stop My MacBook Display From Dimming After 30 Seconds?
Besides turning off the automatic brightness feature on your computer, you can also stop your display from dimming by going to your Lock Screen settings. Here, change the timescale for these two options:Turn display off on power adapter when inactiveandStart Screen Saver when inactive.
Q: Does Turning Off Automatic Brightness From System Settings Permanently Switch It Off?
Unless you activate the feature again, you will turn off automatic brightness for as long as you want when you use the tool in your display settings. You can instead manually change the brightness by moving the dedicated slider, which you can access by opening the Control Center or System Settings. If you want to change what you see in your Control Center, consider reading to customize the macOS Control Center.
Q: Will Turning Off Automatic Brightness Stop My Mac From Using the True Tone Feature?
While automatic brightness changes how bright or dark your computer’s display is, True Tone changes how warm or cold the tone is that you see. If you choose to switch off automatic brightness, you will not sacrifice the True Tone tool. There is a separate feature in the Displays section that deals with this. You can find outhow to disable True Tone on a Macin a separate guide.
