Studio Display

How to stop your Mac from dimming or increasing the screen brightness randomly

MacBook Pro showing the Dock and desktop icons

Your Mac automatically adjusts its display brightness to ensure a comfortable screen experience regardless of the lighting environment.

However, you might have encountered situations where your Mac's screen dims or brightens out seemingly at random. Not only can it be annoying, but it can also strain your eyes and make it difficult to focus on your work.

In this guide, we will go over practical solutions to prevent your iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or the external Apple Studio Display from dimming the screen brightness or increasing it randomly.

Apple releases a firmware update for the Studio Display

Apple's Studio Display and Mac Studio are featured sitting on a work desk in this lifestyle photograph

Apple's Studio Display is absolutely not the cheapest standalone display out there, and with that there are expectations that it should not only show great images, but also have great sound thanks to the built-in speakers. However, it's not a secret that the display suffers from intermittent audio issues, including garbled sound. But, it looks like Apple is aiming to address these issues.