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Lunar
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No I don't want 2, Emacs
Pretty sure Lunar [0] can do this for you, and you can buy a lifetime license.
[0]: https://lunar.fyi/
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Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch
I've had good luck with the Lunar app - it manages my Dell and LG monitors on an M2. (No affiliation) https://lunar.fyi
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PHOLED Will Transform Displays
Wild! I am working on exactly the same thing now for Lunar (https://lunar.fyi), and I'm also calling it Night Mode ^_^ what a coincidence
I've been trying to make "white regions in dark backgrounds" less painful for months, but doing that at the system level on macOS is incredibly hard. I see you're doing it with CSS filters, which make sense in the limited scope of an article. But applying something like that on the whole macOS UI would cause confusion.
I already use something similar on the iPhone: I read on the Kindle app which has white text on black background, then I have a full red Color Tint filter on the Triple Back Tap shortcut which I use before reading. Very similar effect to your solution, although I don't have images in my books.
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If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing
I was comparing anti-piracy measures with DRM, I don't have actual DRM in my app. I can't block users that really bought the app from using it (which is what DRM is notorious for).
But I do have a license verification for the Pro features (https://lunar.fyi/#pro), and that is what people are cracking in the app. I only added more protection around this verification.
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MacOS tools to make your life easier
Lunar
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Create a shortcut for even lower phone brightness
There's no Reduce White Point on Mac as far as I am aware. However, you can use the fantastic Lunar [0] app to achieve this, as it supports "Sub-Zero Dimming".
To use it, I think you just need to start Lunar, and then press the Reduce Brightness button on your keyboard until it goes below the minimum Mac allows.
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YouTube's Anti-Adblock and uBlock Origin
As the dev of a macOS app that breaks all the time because of external hardware, the tone of the article hits close to home. (I’m talking about https://lunar.fyi/ whose brightness control commands can be blocked by USB-C hubs, “smart” monitors, too long cables etc.)
I had to disable public GitHub issues on the app repo [1] because people seemed to fuel each other with spiteful comments and “why can’t you just!!” sentences.
The contact form still attracts many such “entitled” people and it hurts to wake up to such messages, but at least I can choose to ignore those if I can’t bring anything to the discussion. There’s no peer pressure.
These people are expecting too much from a handful of developers who are sharing a lot of free work and time that could have been spent better than hunting new IDs in URLs and updating regular expressions.
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I2c-USB-hub: An i2C Controllable USB 2.0 Hub
Last year I bought a second computer for my music studio. I wanted to use the same set of 2 monitors and wired keyboard + trackpad on both machines.
I wrote simple scripts to switch my monitor inputs with keyboard shortcuts (even simpler with Lunar, amazing new Mac app — https://lunar.fyi), which saved me from having to press annoying input-source buttons.
But I couldn't for the life of me find a simple, suitable software controllable KVM switch. That still requires the hardware button to be controlled, so frustrating.
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Changing my relationship with GitHub Copilot
Some people like the process of writing code, more than the end result. I had a few months of that feeling, but nowadays it’s rarely about writing for me.
Just the other day I used Copilot to explain the disassembly of macOS KeyboardBacklight code, so that I can turn off the keyboard lights when using Lunar’s Blackout (https://lunar.fyi/#blackout)
It even helped me generate the ObjC function signatures from assembly and use the right calling convention in Swift afterwards. It really feels like magic.
I would have no joy in writing that code, it’s mostly bridging and translation anyway. I just need it to do this thing so that people can take advantage of it.
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A collection of useful Mac Apps
Lunar - Price: Free (optional premium one-time purchase) Menu bar app for macOS that allows you to adjust your display's brightness and color temperature. (Pro version also available.)
SlimHUD
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Display volume bar on macOS (alternative to MediaMate)
slimhud
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Fixed the lack of glyphs in the system HUDs
This is awesome! I'm curious if this is inspired by SlimHUD at all? It's another project which I believe was shared here some time ago. Your tool has several of the same features, but I do appreciate the extra polish and integration with Music here.
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Is there a way to change the volume icon size?
There is this free app SlimHUD, which I have not tested, but it seems to do the job.
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Custom volume HUDs
I've created this app to replace that: SlimHUD
- Custom and better looking volume & co HUDs for MacOS 10.13+ to replace the default ugly ones
- Installed SlimHUD on my mac os 10.15, but now by backlit keyboard wont work
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I'm developing a Volume/Brightness/Now Playing OSD!
For those waiting for the real ease. You can try this in the mean time: https://github.com/AlexPerathoner/SlimHUD
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Disable Volume/Brightness Overlay - MacOS Big Sur
Right now, I'm using an app called SlimHUD to get a nicer, iOS-ish volume indicator. The only issue is that the dev hasn't found a way to get rid of the default overlay.
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Replacement for MacOS' volume, brightness and keyboard backlight HUDs.
Checking out the app, there is an option to put the bar horizontally either in the bottom or the top of the screen.
What are some alternatives?
MonitorControl - 🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.
BetterDisplay - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!
DevUtils-app - All-in-one Toolbox for Developers. Native macOS app.
Monitorian - A Windows desktop tool to adjust the brightness of multiple monitors with ease
pock - Widgets manager for MacBook Touch Bar
BetterDummy - Unlock your displays on your Mac! Smooth scaling, HiDPI unlock, XDR/HDR extra brightness upscale, DDC, brightness and dimming, dummy displays, PIP and lots more! [Moved to: https://github.com/waydabber/BetterDisplay]
MTMR - 🌟 [My TouchBar My rules]. The Touch Bar Customisation App for your MacBook Pro
RatPoison - Latest Ver: 1.7; Default Menu Key is F1; Charlatano's Successor; dn
nocturnal - A Dimness and Night Shift menu bar app for macOS 🌙
Valorant-Zone-Stats - View your VALORANT performance in different areas of every map in the game!
DisplayBuddy - DisplayBuddy lets you control external displays connected to your Mac right from your menu bar - No need to touch those clunky monitor buttons! It has been tested on a wide range of monitors from manufacturers such as Dell, Acer, LG, Samsung, BenQ & PRISM, and works with most displays manufactured in the last 5 years. DisplayBuddy can also control the volume for monitors with built-in speakers. If DisplayBuddy doesn't work as expected for you, we can refund your purchase within 7 days. Features: - Control your monitor’s brightness & contrast directly from your Mac - Control the volume for monitors with built-in speakers - Switch monitor inputs (HDMI, DisplayPort, USB-C etc) directly from the app, and even directly power off displays. - Full support for Apple Silicon (M1 & M2) and Intel Macs. - Effortlessly manage multiple displays with ease & even sync controls across them. - Save settings across displays as Presets, and activate them later with a single click!