How-to: Manually adjust the MacBook Pro Keyboard Backlight
November 30th, 2006 - Mac OS X, Utilities, How to
One of the many “fine touches” that I enjoy about my MacBook Pro is the keyboard, and it’s very nice back light effect. Normally, the keyboard back light only turns on when the MacBook Pro light sensor detects a dark room, but with Lab Tick now its possible to take full control of the power beneath your finger tips. Lab Tick is a very resource non intensive application that cleanly installs itself as a menu item, with options to load your brightness settings on boot. This application is a must for MacBook Pro users and personally, I think it should be included as an option in Mac OS X.
The menu interface is clean and unobtrusive.
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Comments: 11
Comment from scubadirgeek
Time: December 16, 2006, 3:48 pm
Thanks for the tip I just recently purchased a 17″ macbook pro core 2 duo . and so far it has actually been fun to get up and go to work as I know I won’t have to reboot 3 times a day with my old windows thinkpad. I hope mac really keeps going in the direction it has in the past few years and puts a woopin on the market share , as this product is the bomb.. great tip and util thanks ..
scuba
Comment from jlbeek
Time: December 30, 2006, 5:05 am
Hello,
Please help. Is it possible to use the backlit illumination keyboard with windows XP software on a macbook pro
Your help or tips would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Jean-Louis Beek
Comment from Colby
Time: May 20, 2007, 9:57 pm
THANK YOU FOR THIS! I got tired of sitting in a pitch-black room with my Powerbook thinking it was smarter than me, constantly turning my keyboard light off.
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Time: July 8, 2007, 4:58 am
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Comment from Hanzel
Time: September 30, 2007, 3:11 pm
great application!!!
changing keabord light was really annoying me
Comment from john carter
Time: October 11, 2007, 7:31 pm
Dream come true!! many of MAC’s factory settings are thoughtful, but the dim keybaord was annoying. Thanks a million for maximizing one of the key selling features of the Macbook Pro
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Time: October 27, 2007, 3:37 pm
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Comment from Ben
Time: December 18, 2007, 10:37 am
Installed this on my MacBook Pro and for some reason it doesn’t work - any suggestions?
Comment from jb
Time: December 31, 2007, 10:57 pm
This little utility is the only answer I found to the problem my macbook pro developed.
The keypad was just the perfect illumination when I bought it, but less than a year later it had just dimmed itself down to being almost invisible in a dark room. I could NOT find any way to adjust this– read way too many posts and board– but now I can!
A Big Thank You!
Comment from Clarissa Luz
Time: April 17, 2008, 8:28 am
Hello, please, I need your help guys!
I bought my MBP 3 months ago, but since 2 weeks ago, the light won’t turn on!
I’ve installed this program but when I double-click to open it, there’s only a screen with a lot of numbers and letters, what is it?
I’m new to the mac world as well.
Thanks from Brazil
Clarissa
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