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Dev tools · June 4, 2020

MonitorControl

🖥 Control external monitor brightness & volume on your Mac

MonitorControl launched on June 4, 2020 with 103 votes, #385 of 4,317 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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What it does

MonitorControl - Now with Apple Silicon support Control your external display brightness and volume Use menulet sliders or the native Apple keyboard keys Behaves like native, with (optional) brightness & volume OSD

🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs. - MonitorControl/MonitorControl

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