If you press , you can adjust brightness in smaller quarter-step increments — perfect for finding that elusive “just barely illuminated” setting.
Enter one of macOS’s most understated superpowers: .
On most modern Mac keyboards, it’s as simple as (decrease brightness) and F7 (increase brightness) — often paired with a little sunburst icon on the key. On Touch Bar models, it’s a slider. On external Apple keyboards (like the Magic Keyboard), it’s mapped similarly. But here’s where it gets fun: Apple knows you want speed, so they also baked in a system-level tweak.