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Daily Mac App: Brightness Slider

by Samuel Gibbs (Dec 1st, 2011)

Using a Mac laptop at night is great thanks to automatic-brightness controls and a backlit keyboard. Trouble is that sometimes even the lowest setting is too bright for midnight screen gazing. That's where Brightness Slider comes in. It's a menu bar utility that lets you adjust the screen's ...

New MacBook Airs reportedly to feature backlit keyboards

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 12th, 2011)

Besides a faster processor and Thunderbolt support, the next generation MacBook Air models may also include a backlit keyboard. This feature was present on the first MacBook Air model introduced in 2008 and dropped from the 2010 line. This removal was widely criticized by Mac owners accustomed to ...