Just wondering what level you keep your brightness? For me, I go with 2 dots. Plenty for me and seems just right. One dot seems to dim. What about you guys?
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Where do you keep the brightness on your iMac?
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During the day with my curtains open, about 2 or 3 dots, when it gets darker about 1.5 dots, at night I use 0.75 of a dot, seems to be the darkest setting without the LEDs completely going off.
I don't exactly follow that strictly but that's what seems to be the average for me.
I don't exactly follow that strictly but that's what seems to be the average for me.
I use lowest setting (1 dot) on Imac and macbook with the only exceptions - full brightness for movies and macbook in outdoors/sunshine.
At night I use F.lux to make the screen warmer - so much easier on the eyes!
Strangely it seems Mavericks is a lot brighter on my imac than Snow Leopard even when set to the lowest setting.
At night I use F.lux to make the screen warmer - so much easier on the eyes!
Strangely it seems Mavericks is a lot brighter on my imac than Snow Leopard even when set to the lowest setting.
I set it to what's comfortable, usually halfway on a moderately sunny day, around 3m from a shaded window.
Then the sensor just automatically adjusts the backlight according the ambient light it sees in the room.
I haven't had any issues with the automatic function.
I always use f.lux, except sometimes when gaming or watching movies because it glitches with some games, and some movies look bad with it on.
Right now it's night time and I have 3 lights on around 5m away. I have 6 dots.
Then the sensor just automatically adjusts the backlight according the ambient light it sees in the room.
I haven't had any issues with the automatic function.
I always use f.lux, except sometimes when gaming or watching movies because it glitches with some games, and some movies look bad with it on.
Right now it's night time and I have 3 lights on around 5m away. I have 6 dots.
2 dots usually on this 2011 model iMac. When playing games though, and some full-screen videos watched at a distance (from the sofa), I often have to increase it to at least half-way, sometimes full brightness in a dark game.
I also have f.lux installed as recommended by others on here, it is quite good but makes some video dark late at night so I have to turn it off.
Another thing is I wear contact lenses and especially at night, the light from the screen makes at least one eye hurt a bit. F.lux helps with this but nothing's perfect so sometimes I have to take the lenses out, which means if I wanna watch a video whilst crashed out on the sofa, I have to put specs on.
I also have f.lux installed as recommended by others on here, it is quite good but makes some video dark late at night so I have to turn it off.
Another thing is I wear contact lenses and especially at night, the light from the screen makes at least one eye hurt a bit. F.lux helps with this but nothing's perfect so sometimes I have to take the lenses out, which means if I wanna watch a video whilst crashed out on the sofa, I have to put specs on.
No kidding. I don't have an iMac (maybe next month!) so I don't know how bright they can go, but I keep my MBP at around 12 dots.
27" late 2013 model and i keep it on 6 dots all the time. daylight or dark. kinda bright at night but my eyes are use to it.
