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Wow, this looks fantastic! No one ever mentions that the Apple displays integrate with the brightness controls on macs. This can be a major quality-of-life feat

Wow, this looks fantastic! No one ever mentions that the Apple displays integrate with the brightness controls on macs. This can be a major quality-of-life feature if you work during the day and night and don't want to keep changing brightness on multiple monitors every day. However, I have non-Apple displays as well. Just tried https://lunar.fyi/ https://lunar.fyi/ via usbc and it worked great so far!

alin23 4y ago
I see a lot of questions on the internet on “how do I control monitor brightness on macOS?” and a lot of “just use Control+Brightness Up/Down” answers from people not realizing that only Apple vendored monitors support that. And that’s only possible because Apple implements a proprietary USB protocol inside their monitors for changing brightness so they have smooth transitions and be sure it works every time. I’m pretty sure they’ll never touch DDC/CI for that, and rightfully so as it has very spotty support, especially with these new Thunderbolt hubs/adapters and smart monitors. I’m glad Lunar works for you!
- behnamoh 4y ago
  This was documented here: https://medium.com/@parttimeben/mac-it-just-works-horribly-c98fd9be4001 https://medium.com/@parttimeben/mac-it-just-works-horribly-c... I personally blame Apple for not supporting CEC. I have over 19 apps running in the background to “fix” macOS.
  - toast0 4y ago
    I'm not an Apple fan, but I've tried to use CEC a bunch of times, and I can't blame them for not supporting it. It's not a good protocol.
    - behnamoh 4y ago
      People end up using third party apps to do this anyway. That's actually less secure than if Apple did it.
    - forty 4y ago
      I don't know the protocol, but when it works it's really great as a end user.
TaylorAlexander 4y ago
Brightness adjustment from desktop is great! For anyone else on Ubuntu I use this gnome plugin: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2645/brightness-control-using-ddcutil/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2645/brightness-contr...
vosper 4y ago
Adding to this: My Dell Ultrasharp U4320Q (an excellent productivity monitor IMO) works well with Lunar on my M1 Macbook Pro. Edit: The monitor is connected via USB-C. Haven't tried with using my Macs HDMI port. https://www.dell.com/en-nz/shop/dell-ultrasharp-43-4k-usb-c-monitor-u4320q/apd/210-avoz/monitors-monitor-accessories https://www.dell.com/en-nz/shop/dell-ultrasharp-43-4k-usb-c-...

alin23 4y ago

I see a lot of questions on the internet on “how do I control monitor brightness on macOS?” and a lot of “just use Control+Brightness Up/Down” answers from people not realizing that only Apple vendored monitors support that. And that’s only possible because Apple implements a proprietary USB protocol inside their monitors for changing brightness so they have smooth transitions and be sure it works every time. I’m pretty sure they’ll never touch DDC/CI for that, and rightfully so as it has very spotty support, especially with these new Thunderbolt hubs/adapters and smart monitors. I’m glad Lunar works for you!

behnamoh 4y ago
This was documented here: https://medium.com/@parttimeben/mac-it-just-works-horribly-c98fd9be4001 https://medium.com/@parttimeben/mac-it-just-works-horribly-c... I personally blame Apple for not supporting CEC. I have over 19 apps running in the background to “fix” macOS.
- toast0 4y ago
  I'm not an Apple fan, but I've tried to use CEC a bunch of times, and I can't blame them for not supporting it. It's not a good protocol.
  - behnamoh 4y ago
    People end up using third party apps to do this anyway. That's actually less secure than if Apple did it.
  - forty 4y ago
    I don't know the protocol, but when it works it's really great as a end user.

TaylorAlexander 4y ago

Brightness adjustment from desktop is great! For anyone else on Ubuntu I use this gnome plugin: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2645/brightness-control-using-ddcutil/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2645/brightness-contr...

vosper 4y ago

Adding to this: My Dell Ultrasharp U4320Q (an excellent productivity monitor IMO) works well with Lunar on my M1 Macbook Pro. Edit: The monitor is connected via USB-C. Haven't tried with using my Macs HDMI port. https://www.dell.com/en-nz/shop/dell-ultrasharp-43-4k-usb-c-monitor-u4320q/apd/210-avoz/monitors-monitor-accessories https://www.dell.com/en-nz/shop/dell-ultrasharp-43-4k-usb-c-...