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Setting display brightness: updated tool

...d. Quick example: % ./brightness usage: ./brightness [-m|-d display] [-v] <brightness> or: ./brightness -l [-v] % ./brightness -l display 0: main display, ID 0x4270a80 display 0: brightness 0.734375 % ./brightness -v 0.3 display 0: brightness 0.296875 -m changes the brightness of the main display; -d changes brightness of whatever display number/ID you provide. -l -v dumps display attributes—sorry for the ugly XML output, but CoreFoundation claims...

Setting display brightness

.... Dave Hey, thanks for reply, tried that, but it errors: $ gcc -std=c99 -o brightness brightness.c -framework IOKit -framework ApplicationServices brightness.c:9: error: initializer element is not constant Hope you can help again... Dave Dave Found the fix: gcc -lobjc -o display-brightness display-brightness.c -framework IOKit -framework ApplicationServices However, it doesn't help me as I want to increase the range of adjustment. The scale 0...1...

Jawbone ERA vs. BlueAnt Q3: a podcast-oriented comparison

…inside of the headset, and is a ring of moderate brightness rather than a pinpoint of extreme brightness. Jawbone includes a wonderful shape-holding micro USB cable for recharging. For a while, it was infuriating to try to connect the device to the cable by feel given the odd angle at which it sits, but I eventually realized that the curve on the cable more or less matches the curve on the inside of the headset, and all was well. The headset only…

macOS 10.14 Mojave status

…cement, NewsBlur Helper, is in beta. launch: Needs some updates for APFS, but otherwise functional. appswitch: No known issues, but I have an unreleased update which filters XPC services by default. Build from source if you would like. brightness: Less and less functional given Apple’s auto-brightness doesn’t play well with it, but no new issues in Mojave. soundsource: No known issues, but it is 32-bit and may break in Mojave’s successor. I have n…