Comments on: Precisely Adjust Volume Levels on your Mac

By: Eduardo

Eduardo — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 05:24:20 +0000

It IS available in Lion 10.7.4 (I have not tested in any other versions):

Shift+Option+Volume or
Shift+Option+Brightness

Adjusts those settings in smaller notches.

By: VolumeDeprived

VolumeDeprived — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:15:15 +0000

This feature is not available on Lion (and presumably Mountain Lion).
RIP

By: Keith

Keith — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:44:14 +0000

Is there a terminal command to make this default?

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:26:37 +0000

you can adjust the sound volume using the menubar too, the icon looks like a speaker with sound coming out of it.

Otherwise you can just navigate to Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Sound and adjust the ‘Sound output’ level to whatever you desire.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:14:54 +0000

i just recived a used Mac from my cousin, however i have only worked with Windows my whole life. There for i am useing a keyboard with numberlock ect. and i dont know how to change the volume. help?

By: Precisely adjust Display Brightness - OS X Daily

Precisely adjust Display Brightness - OS X Daily — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:09:31 +0000

[...] You can do the same type of precise adjustments when changing your Mac volume levels. [...]

By: cory

cory — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:53:46 +0000

wow. this is awesome. I have been so wanting something like this. thank you

By: Testie

Testie — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:11:56 +0000

But on the screen brightness is no using because it only changes at every 4th frame

By: kiancheong

kiancheong — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:11:16 +0000

Hey, the trick works when setting screen brightness too!

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:48:12 +0000

That’s pretty neat. So I started playing with it a bit on my MB and found that holding shift mutes the sound it makes when adjusting the volume, and holding just option will open the sound system prefs. Which then lead me to find that you can hold option and press the expose, dashboard, keyboard (if you have the illuminated keyboard) and brightness options.

By: Testie

Testie — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:39:53 +0000

Is there a way to change that you have without pressing the Shift+Option
key the volume at that way?