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Auto brightness on Mac

Hi, do you know how auto brightness on Mac works when you adjust it manually? Let me explain. I have auto brightness turned on. I was wondering what will happen if I adjust it manually - when will it go back to auto setting? Will it treat my adjustment as a min or max level of brightness or will it reset it?

Example: I’m in dark room. Auto brightness dim display but I manually make make it maximally bright. Will it always be so bright in dark rooms or will it go back to brightness before manual adjustment?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.3

Posted on Mar 30, 2022 10:57 AM

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my ginger

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Posted on Mar 30, 2022 12:08 PM

When auto brightness is on. It adjusts brightness. You can manually do it and override the auto brightness. But if you shut down or restart it will go back to the auto brightness control. Unless you uncheck it.

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