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MonitorControl - Now with Apple Silicon support!
Control your external display brightness, volume or contrast from a menulet or with keyboard native keys!
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State of the experimental Apple Silicon version
The Apple Silicon version is now complete.
How to build this experimental branch
Required
- Xcode
- Swiftlint
- SwiftFormat
- BartyCrouch (for updating localizations)
Clone the project
git clone --single-branch --branch experimental/apple-silicon https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.git
Then dependencies will automatically get downloaded when opening the project, if they don't:
File > Swift Packages > Resolve Package Versions
You're all set ! Now open the MonitorControl.xcodeproj with Xcode
Third party dependencies
How to help
Open issues if you have a question, an enhancement to suggest or a bug you've found. If you want you can fork the code yourself and submit a pull request to improve the app.
Download the pre-release version
Go to Releases and download the latest pre-release .dmg
Installing with Homebrew Cask
You can also install MonitorControl with Homebrew Cask.
Be aware that this command will not install the experimental Apple Silicon compatible version of the app!
brew install --cask monitorcontrol
Support
- macOS Sierra (
10.12) and up. - For the Apple Silicon version macOS Big Sur and up
- Works with monitors controllable via DDC.
Contributors
Thanks
- @bluejamesbond (original developer)
- @Tyilo (fork)
- @Bensge - (used some code from his project NativeDisplayBrightness)
- @nhurden (for the original MediaKeyTap)
- @kfix (for ddcctl)
For the 3.x.x versions:
- @zhuowei (figured out M1 I²C communication)
- @tao-j (figured out M1 I²C write)
- @alin23 (generally spearheaded M1 DDC support and figured out a many of the caveats)
- javierocasio (app icon background)