@herf
Just updated to MacOS 12.6.1 but had this problem before; applied the fix and removed it via your instructions and voila -- everything works!


Thanks.

Use the keyboard shortcut Windows + A to open the Action Center, revealing a brightness slider at the bottom of the window. Moving the slider at the bottom of the Action Center left or right changes the brightness of your display.

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Check if there is a logo on the right of your menu bar.

First guess is to check that Flux > disable menu options are not checked on. Could be disabled by app or by id. See this post for more details: https://forum.justgetflux.com/topic/7975/bug-apple-preview-turns-flux-off

@WinterEmerald If you are comfortable using "Terminal" please type "pmset -g assertions" and post the output here?

We don't do anything to keep the machine awake.

@justinsays Maybe aggressive but I agree. Been requesting it for years as well. I uninstalled it a while back but came to the site to see if they added the manual option without it automatically changing settings... Nope. Guess I am done with it forever.

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I love how my screen looks hacker when I turn on darkmode, but I don't think it's good for my eyes.
Same issue here. M1 osx