Brightness Controller1.4.4.37625 / 1.5.7.30342 Beta

Brightness Controller is a small software application designed specifically for helping you adjust the backlight brightness of Apple displays.It currently supports several displays, such as 27" Apple Thunderbolt Display, 27" Apple LED Cinema Display, 24" Apple LED Cinema Display, 23" Apple Cinema Display HD (Acrylic frame), 20" Apple Cinema Display (Aluminum frame), and 20" Apple Cinema Display (Acrylic frame).

User interface

You are welcomed by a clean and minimalistic panel that hides only a few configuration settings under its hood. It actually reveals a built-in slider that gives you the possibility to easily adjust the backlight brightness.The tool runs quietly in the system tray without interfering with your work. Right-clicking on the program’s icon gives you the possibility to open up the main window or configuration panel.

Automatic mode and other handy features to play with

Brightness Controller allows you to automatically adjust the brightness as ambient light changes or manually alter the backlight brightness from dim to bright.What’s more, you can make the utility run at Windows startup, open the program minimized to system tray, and automatically check for updates.You can increase or decrease the brightness and turn off the display using custom hotkeys, specify the brightness percentage adjusted by hotkeys, as well as work with multiple profiles for brightness modifications which can be controlled with the aid of user-defined hotkeys.Last but not least, the program can gather information from Apple HID devices, mainly details related to display and brightness controller. Data can be copied to the clipboard.

Bottom line

To sum things up, Brightness Controller comes with handy features and an intuitive layout for helping you easily alter the backlight brightness of Apple displays on a Windows PC.