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How to change to brightness of an external display on a macbook pro running OSX 10.6

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I am using a macbook pro running OSX 10.6 snow leopard. In System Preferences/Displays/Display, I can change the brightness of the macbook's screen. However, this option is not available for the external monitor. Is there a way to change the brightness of an external monitor without resorting to ch…

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Fix for: How to change to brightness of an external display on a macbook pro running OSX 10.6

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You cannot do this from System Preferences because the video adapters do not have an interface into the brightness controls of the external monitor. Sorry, but adjusting manually on the monitor is the only way.

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