How to Adjust Volume and Brightness in Smaller Increments on Your Mac

Apple has provided a way on most recent versions of OS X to adjust the volume and the brightness levels in quarter increments using the Option+Shift keys. Just use the following combinations to make these finer changes: ⌥ + ⇧ + Volume Up/Down. ⌥ + ⇧ + Display Brightness Up/Down.

1. How do I adjust the volume in smaller increments on my Mac?
2. How do I lower the lowest brightness on my Mac?
3. How do I make my Mac screen smaller again?
4. What is the shortcut to adjust brightness on Mac?
5. How do I turn the volume down on my MacBook?
6. What's the option button on a Mac?
7. Why is my Mac screen so bright?
8. Why is my Mac screen dimming?
9. Why are my brightness keys not working Mac?
10. How do I adjust my screen size?
11. How do I Unzoom my Mac screen?
12. How do I reduce the size of my screen?

How do I adjust the volume in smaller increments on my Mac?

To adjust the volume in smaller increments, just hold Option+Shift and adjust the volume with the volume keys as normal. You should find that it jumps up and down in quarter notches instead. This also works for screen brightness, incidentally.

How do I lower the lowest brightness on my Mac?

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Displays, then click Display. Drag the Brightness slider to adjust the brightness of your display.

How do I make my Mac screen smaller again?

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Displays, then click Display. Press and hold the Option key while you click Scaled to see additional resolutions for the second display. Select a scaled resolution option for the second display.

What is the shortcut to adjust brightness on Mac?

Press and hold the Shift and Option keys. 2. Press the F1 key to lower the brightness or the F2 key to increase the brightness.

How do I turn the volume down on my MacBook?

To mute, decrease, or increase the volume on your Mac, press F10 , F11 , or F12 on your keyboard, respectively. To enable the volume slider in the menu bar, click the Apple menu → click System Preferences → click Sound → check the "Show volume in menu bar" box.

What's the option button on a Mac?

The PC-keyboard equivalent of Alt on a Mac is called the Option key, and you'll find the Option Key on your Mac if you go two keys to the left of the spacebar.

Why is my Mac screen so bright?

Many times the computer may be using an incorrect color profile for the screen. Various applications can sometimes incorrectly set the display color profile (screensavers have been known to do this), and if a generic one is used, the colors can appear washed out or otherwise imbalanced.

Why is my Mac screen dimming?

Now if you have a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air and your screen is still dimming, it is because of the ambient light sensor. You can prevent the auto-dimming by turning off automatic adjustments: ... Unselect the checkbox next to “Automatically adjust brightness as ambient light changes” Close System Preferences.

Why are my brightness keys not working Mac?

Go to the Apple Menu > System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard tab > and make sure that "Use F1, F2, etc..." option is unchecked here. ... Go to the Apple Menu > System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard tab > and make sure that "Use F1, F2, etc..." option is unchecked here. Try using the brightness keys again.

How do I adjust my screen size?

Enter into the Settings by clicking on the gear icon.

1. Then click on Display.
2. In Display, you have the option to change your screen resolution to better fit the screen that you are using with your Computer Kit. ...
3. Move the slider and the image on your screen will start to shrink.

How do I Unzoom my Mac screen?

Keyboard: Press and hold the option and command keys. Press “-” (minus key) while continuing to hold down option and command. Tap “-” (minus key) until your desktop zooms out to the desired magnification.

How do I reduce the size of my screen?

On a PC, click the Start menu followed by Preferences and Display Settings. You can also right click a blank screen to access the Settings menu. Depending on your operating system you will either choose Fit to Screen or Change size of text, apps and other items.