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		nico_h on July 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MonitorControl: Control external monitor brightnes... Worked over VGA with my DELL monitor and MacBook Air (both from 2012). Where has this been all my life! I didn't even know it was a thing and thought there was a special chip in the Apple screens to be able to control your screen from your computer.

alin23 on July 10, 2020 [–]

If this works for you, please also give Lunar[1] a try! It's free, and has a handy mode where it can sync your already adaptive built-in brightness to the external monitors.

I'm the developer of Lunar so feel free to ask any questions about it.

[1] https://lunar.fyi

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