These keyboard combinations were restored in OS X 10.7.4.įor brightness levels, there also is an auto-brightness feature that automatically adjust levels based on your ambient light levels. It was disabled for a short time in OS X Lion between version OS X 10.7 and OS X 10.7.3, but you can use an AppleScript to achieve a similar effect. These keyboard tricks are available on OS X Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion and earlier.

The volume and display adjustments are easily heard and seen as you change them, while the backlit changes are much more subtle. Just use the following combinations to make these finer changes: This is useful, but what if you want finer control over your volume or brightness level?Īpple has provided a way on most recent versions of OS X to adjust the volume and the brightness levels in quarter increments using the Option+Shift keys. When you tap these brightness buttons, the levels are adjusted in single increments between 0 and 16. Recent MacBook Pro and Air models have a wonderful keyboard that allows you to quickly adjust the volume of the system and the brightness of either your display or backlit keyboard.